cheerful expression; pleased look; joyful look
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
unique; original; individual; unusual
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
to base something on; to make something the basis
pop; popular; pop-art-style; pop (music); pop (stack operation)
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder
falling cherry blossoms; storm of falling cherry blossoms
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
hair (on the head); (a) hair
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
calm; composed; leisurely
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
(traditional) festival music
candy; sweet; confectionary
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
guide; tour guide; guidebook; guide (on a fishing rod); guide ring
small hill; low hill; hillock
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
football pitch; soccer field
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
kanji (as opposed to kana); original form of a Chinese character (as opposed to a simplified or abbreviated form); Chinese character from which another Chinese character derives