grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
summer festival; summer matsuri
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
goldfish scooping; festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
mask; striking the head (kendo)
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
goods; merchandise; commercial items
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
amazake; sweet drink made from fermented rice or sake lees
to intervene; to stop (something)
to happen to pass by; to pass by
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
moderately good luck (in fortune-telling)
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
economic fortune; luck with money
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
one's romantic fate; one's luck in love
good match; suitable candidate (for marriage); good opportunity to be saved by Buddha
smooth (skin, stone, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
marriage proposal; marriage talks
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
bonfire often in temple grounds, usu. of charms, talismans, New Year decorations, etc.; ritual burning of money, cedar sticks, or other objects as an offering
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)
before god; before an altar
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
to make (someone) wait; to take more time (than anticipated)
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
outrageous lie; outright lie
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
in its entirety; whole; wholly
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess