early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
mountain climber; mountaineer
elevation; height above sea level
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
normalcy; normality; normal
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
discomfort index; temperature-humidity index
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff
another thing; exception; special case
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force); general education curriculum
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
derailment; digression; deviation
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
odd; strange; queer; peculiar