success; prosperity; boom
interested person; volunteer; supporter
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
trouble; quarrel; dispute
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
settlement; solution; resolution
script; screenplay; scenario
to name; to call; to christen; to term
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
spray; sprayer; atomizer; sprinkles (confectionery); hundreds and thousands
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
free (of charge); gratuitous
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to break down; to fail; to fizzle; to flop; to peter out; to fall flat
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
very; extremely; excessively
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante