congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
celebration; congratulations
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
theological school; seminary
pupil; student; schoolchild
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
such ... as; or some such
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
prejudice; bias; distorted view
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to understand from experience
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
behind; in the rear; in back
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
companion; company; tritagonist
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
person with a sharp tongue
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
waste of time; killing time
to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor