mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
performer; entertainer; celebrity
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
debut work; one's first work
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
100,000,000; one hundred million
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
prize money; monetary award; reward
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
right side; style of Japanese court music
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe