rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
beyond that point; after that
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
different opinion; objection
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to wring the neck; to strangle
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen
S; s; south; sulfur; nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); small; second
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
volume-sales electronics retailer; electronics retail store
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900); The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat