to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
having a crisp appearance; stiffly; tensely; smartly (e.g. dressed); neatly
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
family; members of a family
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
considerably; fairly; quite
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
while; during (the time when)
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...