shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
ice pop; icy pole; popsicle; ice lolly
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
karoshi; death from overwork
air conditioning; air cooling
gelato; Italian-style ice cream
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
dominion; territory; possession
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
to get scarce; to run short
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
eye measurement; measure with eye
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
die all together; go to the grave together
climate and natural features (of a region)
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
strip of vegetation (in an urban area); green strip; tree lawn; green belt; greenbelt
territory; autonomous region
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
to tower over the surroundings
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of