smoothly; frictionlessly; easily
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
old friend; old acquaintance
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
opinion; intention; thought
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
water shortage; shortage of water supply
metropolitan governor; governor of Tokyo
saving water; water conservation; economizing on water
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude
river; stream; River; the ... river
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
Olympic village; athlete's village
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
calamity; disaster; misfortune
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she