anticipation; expectation
summer vacation; summer holiday
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
handheld game console; portable game console
summertime; summer season
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
national traits; national characteristic; character of the inhabitants of a nation
thousands; several thousand
town; city; municipal; urban
to be intimate with; to befriend
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
(having) two choices; choice between two things
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
personification; impersonation; embodiment