to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
every year; yearly; annually
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
(ceremony of) driving out evil spirits
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
Buddha's birthday festival (April 8th); Vesak
fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires); New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine; festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
Bon Festival; Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Prince Shōtoku (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar)
new moon; first day of the lunar month; (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
ceremonial offering to the deities by the Emperor of newly-harvested rice
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to look forward to something
also known as; also called
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
action committee; executive committee
headdress; crown; covering; fogging (photography); blushing
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods; sake
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender