watermelon splitting (game)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
that's the way it is; such is life
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
I see; that's right; indeed
summer vacation; summer holiday
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
sunscreen; sunblock; sun cream; suntan lotion
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
to miss out on going; to fail to go
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)
insect bite; bug bite; sting
how much; how many; to what extent
mountain climbing; mountaineering
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
rich person; wealthy person
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious