performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
drama; theatre; theater; play
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
third day of the month; three days
frequency (of occurrence)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
name; given name; first name
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
blood relationship; blood relative
one day; (on) a certain day
society; the world; the times
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
bud; sprout; shoot; opening of a bud
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
already; now; no longer; not any more
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering