Awa Odori Festival (Tokushima)
town girl; girl raised in a town
Miyamayomena savateri; Gymnaster savatieri
pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
Emperor Juntoku; Juntoku Tenno (1197-1242 CE, reigning: 1210-1221 CE)
changing heart; fleeting heart; cheating heart; beautiful heart
becoming unworldly; being free from worldliness; not keeping up with social norms
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh); henchman; follower
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
kai-awase; Heian period shell-matching game; kai-awase; Heian period shell comparison game; tribadism; tribbing
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
creaminess; cream-like consistency
Jōkyū era (1219.4.12-1222.4.13); Shōkyū era
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
rolled Japanese-style omelette
ancient burial mound; barrow; tumulus
currently popular; in fashion; trendy
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
dizziness caused by prolonged hot bath
scientific name (of a species); binomial name; Latin name; academic reputation
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
joining a club as a trial