best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
winning a prize; placing (high; in a contest)
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
nothing but; none other than
landscape photograph; landscape photography
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
company president; manager; director
how; in what way; how about; questionable
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
impossible to do (although wants to)
(large) building; public building; hall
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
14th day of the month; 14 days
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
sisterly love; affection between sisters
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to think of; to come up with
key rack; (wall-mounted) key holder; key hook
male homosexual's partner; buttocks; anus
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den