joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
(switched) off; off-season; offset; off-road; offline; offline get-together; offside
high street; town centre (center)
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
eating while standing; eating at a (street) stall
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
direct connection; direct link
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper
(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
clothing and accessories; attire
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
unsociable; retiring; solitude-loving
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
established practice; custom
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
to break a dam; to burst out
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way