great; grand; extensive; large-scale
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
advertising department; public relations department; PR department
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to be boiled; to be cooked
by today; before the day is over
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
making constant reference to
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
slight increase; marginal rise
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
pupils who are not members of any school club; (lit.) go-home club