team competition; team game
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
performing arts; acrobatics
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
pack; packet; to pack; to package; (cosmetic) face pack; face mask
junior high school student; middle school pupil
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
moai; Okinawan-style social support group
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
semi-transparent; translucent
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to be led by; to be headed by
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)