Vocabulary

many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)

flower arrangement in a built-up style

grand event; grand enterprise

grand ceremony

ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)

grand banquet

large-scale undertaking

cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering

height of summer

splendid virtue

grand spectacle

loyalty

sum; total

farrier; horseshoer; blacksmith

thinning (buds and branches)

thinning out buds

picking herbs and wildflowers

summary

dripping; trickling

orthopedic surgery; plastic surgery

polynomial

(printing) block; woodblock print; woodblock printing

straighten one's posture

commutator

bonesetting

exact division

reposition

regulation of gastrointestinal functions (through medicine or food); soothing an upset stomach

tuning

self-assessed tax payment

sending word (by letter, messenger, etc.); writing (to someone)

notification (from a high to a low official)

excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence

growth period; period of rapid growth

gods and men

sacred flame

immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being

jindai moji; forged syllabic characters purported to have been used in ancient Japan

lignitized Japanese cedar; lignitised Japanese cedar

qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything