strong smell of grass (esp. in summer heat)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
fence; hedge; railing; barrier; wall
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
silence; stillness; quietness
height of summer; hottest part of summer
outer gardens of Meiji Shrine
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; proto-
fresh verdure; new green leaves
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
steamship; steamboat; steamer
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
first time; first; initial
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
land of everlasting summer
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
holiday; vacation; day off; time off; leave; furlough
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
change of air; change of scenery