flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca); haj; hadj; haji
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
(made of) stone; stone-built
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
(distant) howling; howl; backbiting; criticizing someone behind their back
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive
to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation; to seek for a way out of a desperate situation
European-style; Western; Occidental
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
31st day of the month; 31 days
summer clothes; summer wear; summer uniform
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
condensation; formation of dew
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
brilliant; bright; dazzling
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
cracker; party popper; cracker; cracker
senior high school; high school
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish
bolo (small, round cookie)
insatiable; untiring; persistent
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
real hair; one's own hair
sour kombu prepared with black vinegar