summertime; summer season
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
capacity; volume; capacitance
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
lifting (a child) high up in the air
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
arrangement; pact; agreement
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
to accompany; to go with; to go together
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
nervousness; oversensitivity
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
serious accident; major incident
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say