summertime; summer season
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
female friend; woman friend
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
guard; security (officer); guardsman
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation)
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
little by little; step by step
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
pardon me for leaving (first)
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
joke; playfulness; kidding around
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
big talk; boasting; bragging
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)