summer festival; summer matsuri
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
muddy water; red-light district
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
snake; serpent; large snake
to palm off; to force a sale
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda); loudspeaker van; (right-wing) propaganda vehicle
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
to become muddy; to become slushy
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run
training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice; working out; workout; (strength, weight) training
supply; provision; raising; procurement
two dimensions; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn; two-dimensional
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
to curse (someone) to death; to put a deadly curse on (someone)
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
direct speech (in a text); spoken lines; written dialogue
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
prostitute; whore; tramp; floozy; slut
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest