fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to gather; to collect; to assemble
ancestor; forefather; foremother
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to watch over; to watch attentively
violent explosion; bursting
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to smash; to break into pieces
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
forcibly; against one's will
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
watermelon splitting (game)
imagination; supposition; guess
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
consoling the spirits of the dead
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
family; members of a family