the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
refinement; narrowing-down
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
discrimination; discernment; identification
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
profitable plan; good plan
speaking of ...; as for ...
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to ease up; to relax attention
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
ruby; ruby character; small hiragana or katakana readings of kanji usually above or to the side of the kanji (esp. used by printers and in ref. to printed material); Ruby (programming language)
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
worst; poor and boring; uncool
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
limited-express ticket (usu. needed in addition to a basic fare ticket); special-express ticket
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
fishing industry; fishery
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
like a part of the family
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky