to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
the art of giving a brief glimpse (of skin, underwear, etc.)
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
north wind; northerly wind
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
joke; playfulness; kidding around
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
urgent; requiring quick (response)
in the morning; during the morning
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
about when; about what time; how soon
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to get someone to say; to make someone say
radio programme; radio program
pseudonym used when calling in or writing to a radio program
postcard; memo; note; card
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)
program (e.g. TV); programme
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
listeners' corner (portion of radio programming for correspondence from listeners)
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
leaving (fleeing) the capital
local rule; house rule; ground rule
precondition; prerequisite