rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to take up space; to occupy space
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to remove; to move out of the way
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
by sheer strength; by brute force
chance (of success); odds
the four auspicious beasts from Chinese mythology
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
some people; a few people; several people
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.); zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
getting on and off; embarking and disembarking
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck