application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
hot topic; talk of the town
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
one's own child; one's own children
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
present continuous tense; present progressive form
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
festival; feast; carnival
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
another prefecture; other prefectures
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge