undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
store; reserve; stock; savings
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern; snot bubble
faintly; dimly; slightly; barely
if it is (the case that ...)
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; maxim
focusing on; paying attention to; observation; perception; taking notice of
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
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
being fully equipped; being fully furnished; complete
love is blind; (lit.) (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; palanquin; litter; lower back; waist
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
drinker; person who can hold their drink
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
to look happy; to look pleased; to make eyes (at someone); to ogle
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
scoundrel; rascal; villain