behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
boy; son; baby boy; young man
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
both hands; both arms; ten
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to complain; to make a complaint
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to look away; to avert one's eyes
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
(religious) faith; belief; creed
annual function; annual event
origin; beginning; source; rise
Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
woman textile worker; Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
to spread; to be propagated
common people; ordinary people; masses
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
self-actualization; self-fulfillment; self-realization
(bank) balance; remainder
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
practical; matter-of-fact; realistic; utilitarian; pragmatic