seeing one off; farewell; escort
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
chilly; unpleasantly cold
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
spread; span; expanse; extent
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
cold-weather damage (to crops)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
one day; (on) a certain day
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
sidewalk café; footpath café
rest; break; recess; intermission
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
on the occasion of; at the time of
cutoff (e.g. audio, electrical flow, production); cutting off; cutoff (play); cutoff (jeans, etc.)