painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
height of summer; hottest part of summer
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
to be at a loss how to continue an offensive; to be frustrated by impregnable defences
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
review; reconsideration; revision
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
power generation facility
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
chance; opportunity; occasion
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
other than; excluding; without
definite; final; decisive; conclusive