taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to become inverted; to become reversed
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to have one's knees be about to give way
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
trembling with excitement
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
silence (not speaking); muteness
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
message; informative matter
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple