middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
instant; moment; for an instant
to stiffen; to become stiff
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
pointing out; identification
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
emotional scars; mental trauma
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
in search of; in order to look for
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to gain strength; to have energy
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
myself; yourself; I; me; you
how; in what way; how about
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision