shopping district; shopping street; downtown
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
pleasant feeling; good vibes
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
scene; sight; scenario; setting
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to become better; to improve
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
in process; during execution; runtime
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
height (of body); stature
photo booth that prints out cards and stickers of the resulting photograph, which are then traded among friends
to be photographed; to be projected