skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
acute and serious; hyperacute; fulminant
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
second-year student; biennial
summer vacation; summer holiday
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
January; first month of the lunar calendar
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to make something bright; to shine; to polish
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
eating with a guest; nominal official (a slighting term)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
to rise; to erect; to get up
story; tale; talk; discussion
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend