summer vacation; summer holiday
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
first year of high school; first-year high school student
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
feeding (animals); provisioning
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
since when; from when; how long
the other day; lately; recently
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
fireworks display; display of fireworks
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
7th day of the month; seven days
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
that day; the very same day
empirically; from experience
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
how; in what way; by what means
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to try to do; to attempt to do
senior high school student
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody