to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
novel; story; (work of) fiction
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
scene; sight; scenario; setting
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
tips of one's hair; hair ends
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
destination (one is heading towards); goal
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to become settled; to be fixed
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
eating between meals; snacking
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
ingredient; component; composition
not counted (in the score); not tallied
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
depravity; corruption; degradation
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
summer vacation; summer holiday
every year; yearly; annually
regular festival; annual festival
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
home area; home town; local
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
migration; move; emigration; immigration
separation of worship; movement of an enshrined deity to another shrine