careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
participation; joining; entry; adherence
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
looking on (somebody) as hostile
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
deportation; expulsion from the country
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
outside the country; abroad
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to serve; to work for; to attend
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
personal attendant; valet; maid
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant