state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
virgin birth (esp. of Jesus)
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
school festival; campus festival
to steal; to rob; to take away
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
all parts; various parts; every department
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
voting; ballot; poll; vote
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
festival merrymaking; revelry
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
close; intimate; on good terms
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
to make frantic efforts; to make an all-out effort; to try desperately
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
(in) the shape of the character hachi (eight)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to think too much; to be over-concerned
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision