summer vacation; summer holiday
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
Marine Day (national holiday; 3rd Monday of July)
nothing but; none other than
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to fly around; to scatter
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
rampancy; prevalence; domination
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
this (very thing); this precisely
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
to make an appointment; to make a reservation
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
the best time for doing something is as soon as you've thought of it; there's no time like the present; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
as soon as possible; at the earliest time