to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
function; facility; faculty; feature
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
memory; sense; experience
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
along; parallel to; in accordance with
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
torii; Shinto shrine archway
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to leave (a scene); to step away
to shake one's head (in denial)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
the same generation; coeval
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to say; to be called; to do
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
society; public; community; social studies
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly