extravagant (spending); generous; luxurious; bubbly; bubblelike
why; how come; unfortunately; alas
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
explosion; rupture; break off
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
(not) a single person; (no) one
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace
to say too much; to go too far
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
equality; impartiality; evenness
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate