ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
assertion; declaration; affirmation
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
two times; twice; two degrees
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
important post; important office; key position
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
to lose face; to disgrace oneself
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
substitution; material; price; margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (arch.) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
unrequited love; one-sided love
something like ...; something called ...