to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
festival; feast; carnival
way; method; means; (technical) specification
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
scenery; scene; landscape
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
directly opposite; right in front
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
forgetting; lapse of memory
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
and; thereupon; because of that
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere