neat and clean; tidy; trim
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
summer vacation; summer holiday
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
dry riverbed; river beach
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka
ladle; tadpole; musical note
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
absorption; suction; attraction
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
rubber thongs; rubber flip-flops
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
water's edge; beach; foreshore
bamboo screen; rattan blind; bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
accumulation; accumulate; store
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly