postwar period; period after Second World War
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
cheap article; poor quality article
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
sales; selling; marketing
catalog retailing; catalogue retailing
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
account book; register; ledger
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
coming to a castle; visiting a castle
care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
to make an appeal; to urge
vocal sound; tone of voice
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
half-florescent; half-bloomed
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
trauma (usu. psychological)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
detective team; study group; club
mask; disguise; guise; mask
countenance; features; looks