drinking party; banquet; feast
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
mid-air breakage or disintegration
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
body; group; party; company; troupe
close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
midsummer; height of summer
sixth month of the lunar calendar (approx. July); June; sixth month of Gregorian calendar; triangles of sweet rice jelly topped with adzuki beans (eaten in the sixth month)
scorching heat; fierce glare of the Sun
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
festival marking the start of boating season
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
Manji era (1658.7.23-1661.4.25)
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to that extent; so (much)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
step; stride; counter for steps
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of