heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
eddies of wind around high buildings
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to lie down; to throw oneself down
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
under the blazing sun; in sweltering heat
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
emotional strength; force of will
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
vitality; (one's) life force
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
water's edge; waterside; shore; before coming ashore; before entering the country; (at the) border
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)