Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
writing an inscription on a stone monument (e.g. before carving it)
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
to be photographed; to be projected
taking a commemorative photo
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
deep emotion; strong feelings
emperor (of Japan); mikado
Niconico (video-sharing website)
viewer (esp. of television, streaming video content); audience; viewership; listener (occ. of radio, audio streaming content)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
boobs; boobies; breasts; breast milk
student of a women's college; female university student
occasional; infrequent; rare
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
100,000; hundred thousand