mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
genuine article; real thing; real deal
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
the opposite sex; isomerism
virile; tough; masculine; intense
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to give an impression; to make an impression
stage actor; stage actress
handsome young man; Adonis
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
in search of; in order to look for
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
place; room; margin; scope
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
and; thereupon; because of that
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
how; in what way; by what means
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of