summer vacation; summer holiday
beach hut; beachside clubhouse
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
of course; certainly; naturally
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
is that so?; I see; right; oh
then; well; so; well then
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
planning; plan; project; arrangements
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
sablé (shortbread biscuit)
hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
now; the present time; just now; another; more
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
men and women of all ages
to gather; to collect; to assemble
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
beginning; outset; first; onset
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound