what time; (lit.) which hour
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
filling; packing; stuffing; filling; (dental) filling
basket; basketball; basket cloth
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
slatted shutter; louver door (window)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica); monkey jump (endgame move)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
sunshade; blind; awning; parasol
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to look young; to seem young
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age