July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
23rd day of the month; 23 days
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
part-time senior high school; part-time high school; evening high school
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride; relying on (someone); being (financially) dependent on
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
to recall; to remember; to recollect
fields (of rice and other crops)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
anything and everything; just about everything
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext