main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
signal (sound); starting gun signal
blue sky; azure sky; spring sky
illegal donation; secret contribution
intellectual-type gangster
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
plenary session; regular session
(positive) economic effect
review (of learned material); revision
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
... and eastward; east of
child from previous marriage; child of a former spouse; stepchild
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
body; body blow (in boxing)
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
to be annoying; to be troublesome
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
a little; a bit; slightly
trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
dilatorily; sluggishly; to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy
courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker
cane; walking stick; staff; wand