early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
to telephone; to make a phone call
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
evening; dusk; evening scene; evening landscape; light of the setting sun
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
secret; private; surreptitious
road approaching a shrine
parade float; festival float
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
right angle; perpendicular