height of summer; high summer; hottest part of the summer
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
overhasty; rash; premature
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
homecoming; returning home
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
long ago; already; a long time ago
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
self-centered; stuck on oneself
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
excessive fishing; overfishing; overhunting; excessive taking
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
at that time; in those days
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
descendant; posterity; offspring
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to