limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to stiffen; to become stiff
first-grade tea (first picking)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to look upwards; to look up
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
everybody; every last one of them; all
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
sexual frigidity; insensitivity; indifference
balance ball; exercise ball; Swiss ball
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly