(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
garden lantern; hanging lantern
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 building)
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new; cleaned (of a plate, etc.); finished
helper; assistant; help; assistance
(arch.) short roughly woven fence; divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.
to look displeased; (lit.) to flare one's nostrils
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
an assortment; combination
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
kariginu; informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards; patterned kariginu (Edo period)
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear made of silk, cloth or paper, originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
(distinction of) sex; gender
to knock down; to knock off
double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
warp; curvature; bend; curve (of a sword)