new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
not yet known; unknown; strange
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
minority group (party); minority
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
summer festival; summer matsuri
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
living together; coexistence
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
to ascend; to go up; to climb
Awaji (former province located on Awaji Island in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture); Awaji (island)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
character; disposition; spirit; temperament
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
family vacation; family trip
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
railroad; railway; rail transport
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to ask a question; to ask questions
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold