ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy
more than anything; above all else
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
midsummer; (arch.) China; (arch.) capital (city)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
summer cold (illness); summer flu
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box; one's closely guarded treasure
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
violent explosion; bursting
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
thick glasses; (lit.) bottle bottom glasses
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to finish reading; to read through
way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes