festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
cosplay (dressing up as a character from an anime, manga, video game, etc.)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
divine pronouncement (esp. in Tenri and Ōmoto)
oracle; revelation; divine message
in accordance with; according to
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
place to go; person to turn to; person to depend on
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
striking a deal; coming to an agreement; making noodles by hand; making handmade noodles; manual input (on a computer, etc.); entering (text) by hand
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
udon noodles without trimmings
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
display window; shop window; store window
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
button (clothing); push-button; button
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
quotation; citation; reference