500-man battalion (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; dots
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
accomplishment; execution
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 house, etc.)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
mizuame; glucose syrup; starch syrup; corn syrup
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
many; numerous; various; large number of
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
elevation; height above sea level
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
slope; slanting surface; bevel
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
complete recovery of health
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
side effect; adverse reaction
without; but if; otherwise; or else
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
bright; intelligent; clever; smart