congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
land near a castle; castle town
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
it's not like; it isn't as if
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
still; even now; to this day
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
while; during (the time when)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation