tropical night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C
reset; fresh start; new beginning
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to garnish; to serve (a dish) with; to join together; to put together; to compare; to check (against)
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
repair workshop; garage; repairman
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
toilet bowl; urinal; chamber pot; bedpan
cystitis; inflammation of the bladder
frequency; rate of occurrence
concurrence; coincidence; complication (in illness)
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
to die by drowning; to drown
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
to strangle; to constrict
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
periodic; regular; routine
passage; path; route; one's way
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to eat a lot; to have a good appetite; appetizing
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
jellied dessert (e.g. yōkan); sweets with a high moisture content; fruit