pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
adjustment; tweaking; improvement; modification; tinkering; minor alteration
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
arrival; arriving at ...; counter for items or suits of clothing; nth place (in a race); counter for moves
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
outcast; odd man out; pariah
to stop (plug) one's ears
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
celebratory banquet; feast
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
(traditional) festival music
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
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)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
have a good day; take care; see you
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
womanly; ladylike; feminine
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike