Nounpockmarked face; pitted face

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples

Nounancient city; former capital

Nounriverside; riverbank

NounStar Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

NounThe Master of Go (1951 novel by Yasunari Kawabata)

Nountraditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom

Nounmeeting of the stars Vega and Altair (on the night of Tanabata); meeting of the two love stars

Nounsakubei; twisted confectionery eaten during Tanabata

NounSnow Country (1937 novel by Yasunari Kawabata) · Yukiguni

Nounthe five festivals (January 7, March 3, May 5, July 7 and September 9)

Nounornamental ball-shaped scent bag · hanging decorative ball that splits in half to release confetti, streamers, balloons, etc. (for celebratory events)

Nounevent where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies

NounFestival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)

NounTanabata straw horse

NounStar Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata

Nounavatar (incarnation of an immortal being in Hindu) · avatar (icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality)

NounHabataki (variety of rice)

NounStar Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

NounJinno Shotoki (Succession of Imperial Rulers in Japan, historical treatise by Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1339)

NounSendai Tanabata Festival