hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
traditional; conventional
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
drama; play; powerful drug
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
fortune-telling; divination
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
account book; register; ledger
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
summer vacation; summer holiday
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
almost; roughly; approximately
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester