face; looks; vestiges; trace
severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
wallboard; wall decoration
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to press against each other; to huddle together
at first; in the beginning; originally
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
silver powder; white sand
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
mourning (dead persons); memorial
round dance; dancing in a circle
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
garden lantern; hanging lantern
consoling the spirits of the dead
the deceased; the departed
keepsake; memorabilia; memento
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
dead person; deceased person
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)