end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
rest; break; recess; intermission
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
goosebumps; goose pimples
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
in; on; at; during; in the condition of
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
to be erected; to be built
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
communist bloc; Iron Curtain
regular (permanent) conductor
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
like it or not; like or not like
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on