housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
daily rip-off-a-page calendar; daily pad calendar
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
relatively; comparatively
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
grounds (of tea and coffee)
(small crunchy) dried sardines
setting a place; setting the table
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
nutriment; wholesome; savoriness; savouriness; rich food; nourishment
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to be pleased with; to suit
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
decoration; ornament; trimmings
rainfall; rainy weather; rainy; wet
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
singularity (climate); day in the calendar when a particular weather phenomenon is statistically likely to occur
probability; likelihood; chances
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
an assortment; combination
nutritional value; food value