eastern part; the east (of a region)
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
great success; roaring business; busy; packed-out
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
array; muster; line-up; full force
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
kindergartener; preschooler
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
boy; son; baby boy; young man
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
retainer; attendant; escort
few decades; many decades; several decades
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to bawl; to cry; to scream
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
black joke; black comedy; morbid humor
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
public relations department (section, office)
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
use; utility; profit; gain
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to overflow from something full