mullet (hairstyle); mallet (croquet, etc.)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to look forward to something
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
fighting spirit (in sport); tenacity
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
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 house, etc.)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
triangle; triangular shape
to come and go; to go back and forth
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
candied apple; toffee apple
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
fairyland; never-never land
shop; small store; business; firm
paper-covered lamp or lantern
torii; Shinto shrine archway
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
white background; blank; female virgin
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack