all over Japan; throughout Japan
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
midsummer; height of summer
self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
summer vacation; summer holiday
dead center; (right in the) middle; midst; midst (e.g. of a storm); heyday; (the) height (e.g. of a debate)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
these days; nowadays; recently
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
how are things with you?; how are you doing?; how are you getting along?; how have you been?; how are you?
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
steel; sword steel; sword
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
to slide down (snow, etc.)
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of