soft and pleasant on the tongue
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
bon voyage; have a nice trip
to lump together; to include; to sum up; to quibble
(a story) so sad that both the speaker and the listener shed tears
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
Izumi Shikibu (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
traditional Japanese wedding ceremony (usu. at a shrine or temple)
afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
just above; right overhead
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
outburst of cicadas singing; chorus of cicadas
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
heat of the day; hottest part of the day
to become lukewarm; to become tepid
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to do drugs; to take (illicit) drugs
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
ice cream cup; icecream cup
eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep
great talents mature late
midsummer; height of summer
bon voyage!; have a nice trip!
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply