wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
to look around; to survey
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
carrying (someone) on one's back (esp. a child); piggyback ride; relying on (someone); being (financially) dependent on
to shake off; to throw off
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
so-and-so; who?; which people?
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to cease; to stop; to be over
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to turn against; to become an enemy
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
treachery; betrayal; perfidy