attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
stall (in flying); downturn; slowdown; slump
to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
counting ballots; tally (of votes)
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
musical composition title; song title
songwriting (words and music)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
tin badge; button badge; button pin
sale of goods (as opposed to services)
fascinate; bewitch; enchant
photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
secret intelligence; underground information; confidential information; inside information
photocopy book; staplebound book
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
tune (melody, piece of music)
musical composition; tune
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to resound; to make a stir
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
image; figure; figure; form; image
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox