to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
summer festival; summer matsuri
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
to come and go; to go back and forth
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to carry around; to carry on one's person
trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
surrounding at a distance
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
going back to sleep; sleeping in
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
first thing in the morning
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
dresser; dressing table; vanity table
leaflet; flyer; scattering; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
height of; middle of; full bloom
coach; coaching; training
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit