festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
someone who is well-regarded; charming person; scam; con trick; con-man; fraudster
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
food and drink; eating and drinking
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
extra-large portion; extra-sized serving
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with fried onion
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
composite; combined; complex
possession of nuclear weapons
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
our country; our land; one's own country
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
legal; lawful; legitimate
operator; manager; administrator
trickster (in mythology); trickster; swindler; trickster; magician
one large ...; a great ...
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness