popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
urban areas; the streets; town; city
midsummer; height of summer
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
inexpert or untrained eyes
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
practice; practising; training; study
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
shyness; bashfulness; shame
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
interruption; suspension; break
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
to examine someone's expression
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
several minutes; a few minutes
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
suffix for familiar person
eighth month of the lunar calendar
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
feminine; womanly; female
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known