Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
festival; feast; carnival
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
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)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
while; during; performed in this condition
one-by-one; separately; in detail
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
happy memory; sweet memory
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
occasional; infrequent; rare
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
yearned for; longed for; missed
blighted love; disappointed love
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)