high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
last days; the end; one's fate
government; administration; statesmanship
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
to think of; to come up with
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
to well up; to burst; to arise
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
succession; continuation; series; sequence
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
standing tall; towering; soaring
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)