festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
dressed up (in fine clothes)
red and white candy stick sold at children's festivals
one thin flat object; one sheet
biological child; one's own child
distinction; differentiation; classification
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to volunteer; to undertake a challenge
how; in what way; I wonder
child; childish person; immature person
much less; to say nothing of
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
probe each other; sound each other out
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop