time; season; period; phase; stage
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
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)
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death; rising to heaven
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
recreation; diversion; relaxation
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
drawstring purse; money pouch; pouch of fried tofu stuffed with var. ingredients, used in oden; hanger-on; follower; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute (Edo period)
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (on TV, social media, etc.); face reveal
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
bosom (buddy); trusted (friend)
extended leave; long vacation
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
another prefecture; other prefectures
to graduate from a university
finding employment; getting a job
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
young persons' association
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)