O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
fine day; clear day; formal occasion
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
accumulation; accumulate; store
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
sales; selling; marketing
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
individual; private person; personal; private
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
reproachful; hateful; bitter
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
one's post; place of work; workplace
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
besides; in addition; also; moreover
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
just past noon; afternoon
temporary retirement; suspension from office
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
subject; title; subject (of an email); subject line
return to work; going back to work
schedule; program; programme; agenda
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
system; institution; organization; organisation
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)