sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
hot and humid; muggy; sultry
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
daylight hours; hours of sunshine
discomfort index; temperature-humidity index
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to mark the end; to spell the end
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to make an appearance; to show up
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
place; position; location; position; standing; status
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
long ago; once upon a time
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to badger; to pester; to beg
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention