to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
one end; an end; part; fragment
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to be at a loss for words
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
feeling of a house or a room
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to throw oneself down; to lie down
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
first shrine visit of the New Year
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to peel; to skin; to pare
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
without cause; without reason