a wish; a desire

a small strip of paper that can be written on, especially those hung on bamboo or other trees during Tanabata / a vertical card in which Japanese poetry (waka, haiku, etc.) can be written on

(rare) Same as たんざく (tanzaku) above / a kind of 指物 (sashimono, “small banner worn by soldiers for identification during the Sengoku period”)

write; record (words, figures) on the surface of (something) / compose; put (an idea, etc) into words

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

conjunctive form of 書く

(literary) they (about women or girls)

festival / ceremonial

(honorific) festival