public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
advance screening; preview; private showing; trade show
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
silver wedding (anniversary)
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
enka singer; singer of Japanese traditional ballads
water's edge; beach; shore
right?; don't you think?; don't you agree?
new and old; incoming and outgoing
and; thereupon; because of that
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
height (of body); stature
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre