to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
garden; orchard; park; kindergarten; nursery school; preschool
fireworks display; display of fireworks
feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
being sensitive to the cold; person who is sensitive to the cold
hateful; detestable; loathsome
inside the kindergarten; inside the zoo; inside the garden; inside the park
height of; middle of; full bloom
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
common people; ordinary people; masses
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
going to and fro; back and forth
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)
ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of Obon)
Buddhist memorial service
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
very interesting; of great interest
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352) (author of the Tsurezuregusa)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)