booking; reservation; making a booking
it's my turn; the ball is in my court; it's up to me
to smash; to break into pieces
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained
merry voices (e.g. of children playing)
rehearsal; rehabilitation
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
not budging an inch; to stand one's ground
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
ecstatic; ecstatically; splitting headache
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
performer; entertainer; actor
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously