to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
bygones; the past; past event
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
political measures; policy
support; backing; aid; assistance
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
one cause; one reason; one factor
marriage; marriage tie; love knot
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
late at night; small hours of the morning
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
date(s) (e.g. for exhibition)
hastily made; improvised preparation
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
pastel color; pastel colour
scrap of cloth; odds and ends
donation; presentation; gift
wild flower; paper flowers (esp. as decoration at a funeral)
monetary; financial; pecuniary
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character