prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
shop; small store; business; firm
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
success; prosperity; boom
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
attaching a sleeve to the body of a shirt; sleeve seam
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to try out the food at various restaurants
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
unseasonable; out of season
show; exhibition; spectacle
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)