ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
gentle; mild; meek; tender
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
last week; the week before
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
just because; even if; even though
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
derailment; digression; deviation
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
touting; tout; barker; pander
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
planning; project; plan; design
screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie
festival; feast; carnival
collecting series of stamps at railway stations, tourist spots, etc.
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)