work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
don't miss it; stay tuned; coming soon; look forward to it
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
right in the center (centre)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
time around sunset; early evening
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
from the viewpoint of; according to
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
book; volume; this; present; main; head
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
that's true; of course; obviously
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
whole roast (e.g. pig, turkey, etc.)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to have a talk; to tell a story
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze