time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
Hassaku orange (Citrus hassaku); 1st of August (lunar calendar)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
special training; intensive training; crash course
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
than; from; out of; except; but; more
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
how; in what way; how about
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
two persons; two people; pair; couple
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
when it becomes; when it comes to
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
that's the way it is; such is life
now; the present time; just now; another; more