darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
just the other day; quite recently
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
how; in what way; how about
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
feeling; sense; impression
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
reality; actuality; hard fact
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
bodily sensation; sense; experience
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
Knights Templar; Knights Templars
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
armed forces; military; troops