circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
homeward voyage or flight
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
young owner; young proprietor
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
first meeting; first interview with
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
in the city; in the community
outside the city; suburbs
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)
name of store; trade name (esp. of a sole proprietorship); stage name (e.g. of actor)
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
to ask for too much; to expect too much
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
Japanese style; Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
to relax; to feel at home
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
gently (of the wind); softly
to fan; to incite; to instigate