light blue; pale blue; aqua
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter
command; lead; generalship; leadership
parade float; festival float
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist
commandant; commanding officer; general
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
women's group; women's association
over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child; unreasonably demanding patient; nightmare patient
young; youth; young person
our country; our land; one's own country
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
country; territory; domain; realm
measure taken too late; measure taken in haste
returning (to the authorities); restoring
canned juice; canned soft drink; can of juice; can of soft drink
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
storekeeper; shopkeeper; proprietor of a shop
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to finish; to end; to close
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator