yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
just past noon; afternoon
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
football pitch; soccer field
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
to give rein to (imagination)
incommunicative; taciturn
orphan; person without friends
dad; dada; daddy; pa; papa; pappa
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to begin purchasing; to purchase
to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
(lit.) yo-yo fishing; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook
loitering on the way; wayside grass
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
growth period (in children)
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
to clamber (up); to scale
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up