summer vacation; summer holiday
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
homecoming; returning home
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
stopover (during a train or bus journey)
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to rock; to shake; to swing
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
revisiting; visiting again
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
tedious; boring; being fed up with
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash