national holiday; public holiday
neat and clean; tidy; trim
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to be discouraged; to shrink from
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
entreaty; imploring; begging; spoken portion of a song; oral recitation
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
equality; impartiality; evenness
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
moisture; humidity; dampness
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
aggression; invasion; raid