service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
pure literature; belles-lettres
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
someone; a certain person
primary school; elementary school; grade school
(way of) literary composition; (way of) spelling; school composition
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
genius; prodigy; natural gift
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
making (a book, etc.) into a film; adapting for the screen
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
collecting tickets; ticket collector
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
tenement house; row house