to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
penalty; sentence; punishment
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
midwinter; dead of winter
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to keep standing; to stand motionless
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to blow through; to blow across
first year of high school; first-year high school student
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
quiet; still; surreptitious
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
illegitimate child; secret love child
trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
30th day of the month; 30 days
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
to approach; to draw near
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty