bad influence; negative influence
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
rough (estimate, summary, etc.); broad; general; careless (e.g. work); sloppy; crude
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
street stall; stand; booth
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
younger people; future generations
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
cost of raw materials; raw material cost
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
deep emotion; strong feelings
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
to knock down; to knock off
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery
(another's) daughter; young lady
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall
all night; throughout the night
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
small; little; tiny; low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
degenerate; pervert; deviant