cool summer; cold summer; cooler-than-normal summer
local downpour; severe rain fall
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
very much; exceedingly; extremely
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste
no, not like that (but like this)
rottenness; decay; corruption
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
action of making something; -ification
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
stocktaking; inventory count; faultfinding
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
to be able to manage somehow or another
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)