festival merrymaking; revelry
national holiday; public holiday
enactment; establishment; creation
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
instead; but (on the other hand)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
just one person; only one
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
common people; ordinary people; masses
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
convenient; handy; useful
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
writing implement; writing tool
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
until now; so far; up to the present
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)