head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
program (e.g. TV); programme
master of ceremonies; MC; intermission between songs in which the performers speak to the audience; machining center; marginal cost
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
contrast; antithesis; comparison
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
star (actor, athlete, etc.); celebrity; star (symbol); asterisk; (celestial) star
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
why; how; for what reason
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
company president; manager; director
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
feeling; sense; impression
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
magazine; journal; periodical
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
editor (in publishing, etc.)