mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival)
ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
Buddhist memorial service
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
originally; by nature; from the start
ceremony honouring the spirits of ancestors (esp. the Bon festival)
indeed; really; truly; very much
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
book; volume; this; present; main; head
very interesting; of great interest
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
relatively; comparatively
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to recall; to remember; to recollect
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
Yoshida Kenkou (1283-1352) (author of the Tsurezuregusa)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)