arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
empress (consort); queen (consort)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
10th day of the month; ten days
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
11th day of the month; 11 days
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
guard; sentinel; garrison
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
the same generation; coeval
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)