advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
concession; conciliation; compromise
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
court (of law); courtroom
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
being argued into silence; being left speechless
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
gloomy (of a person); dark; cheerless
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
instructor; advisor; adviser
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
good feeling; feeling good
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
preliminary arrangements; spade work
to listen again; to ask again
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better