time; season; period; phase; stage
every year; yearly; annually
festival; feast; carnival
food stand; food stall; branch store
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
dumpling store; dumpling seller
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
hot topic; talk of the town
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
inattention; absent-mindedness
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
two parts; two copies; the second part
massing (of troops); gathering
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused