good prospects; full of hope; promising
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
store; reserve; stock; savings
divide into four pieces; one fourth
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
proposal; offer; request; application
just one person; only one
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
speech; expression; wording; language
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
a little bit; a little while
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
white horse; unrefined sake
womanly; ladylike; feminine
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
acting ability; talent as a performer
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
pride; dignity; self-respect
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to be able to manage somehow or another
dependent on luck; matter of luck
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to check through; to thoroughly investigate