to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
summer vacation; summer holiday
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
performer; entertainer; celebrity
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
8000; eight thousand; many
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
boy; son; baby boy; young man
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to cover fully; to wrap around
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
bento; Japanese box lunch
small dish (usu. one of several accompanying rice); side dish; fill; fill-in (drumming); jack-off material; something to masturbate to
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on