entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
proposal; offer; request; application
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
habanera (style of slow Cuban dance)
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
frequency (of occurrence)
state funeral; national funeral
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to be done; to be practiced; to be practised; to take place; to be held; to be prevalent
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
People's Honour Award (honor); National Honour Award
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
split; division; break up
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
retail store; retail shop
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
supporter; sponsor; patron; backer
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
wife and children; (arch.) wife