residing; living; dwelling
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
street at night; making a night journey
imitating; copying; mimicking
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
semi-transparent; translucent
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
dark gray; dark grey; donjiki (clerical dress)
short and stout; small but wide around
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
slightly early; just before
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
exaltation; emotional uplift
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
finger flick to the forehead
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
rock drill; pneumatic drill; jackhammer
school of one's (first, second) choice