noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to work hard; to work diligently
opening (the doors to an event, etc.); inauguration
just after O-Bon; the period (immediately) after O-Bon
large number (of); many; majority
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
coastal; seaside; oceanfront; maritime
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
course; route; path; process; means
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to keep (a person) waiting
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
moisture; humidity; dampness
to say; to be pleased to say