Okinawa (city, prefecture)
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
adaptability; capacity to adapt; ability to adjust
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
pension (Western-style boarding house)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
paying for oneself; (at) one's own expense
settlement; solution; resolution
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
zip fastener; zipper; zip
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
grandfather; male senior-citizen
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
10th day of the month; ten days
13th day of the month; 13 days
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit