to surround; to crowd around
decorative lights; illumination
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
hut (esp. on a mountain); shack; refuge; shanty
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
to look forward to something
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
second; number two; runner-up
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
public telephone; pay phone
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
long ago; already; a long time ago
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
moving out of a dormitory
to not believe one's ears
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to think too much; to be over-concerned