(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
every year; yearly; annually
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
since when; from when; how long
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
insecticide; insect repellent
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
stepwise; one step at a time