preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
when it becomes; when it comes to
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
sunlight; rays of the Sun
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
air conditioning; air cooling
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
air conditioner; air conditioning; aircon
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
blackout curtain; light-blocking curtain
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
living; lifestyle; living room
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
Izumi (former province located in the southwest of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
front; frontage; facade; main
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers