monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
successive generations; successive emperors
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
hanetsuki (Japanese badminton); battledore and shuttlecock
curious; strange; unusual
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
cooperation; collaboration
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
majority group (party, faction)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
heart; guts; nerve; central part
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
council (deliberative, consultative); commission of inquiry (enquiry)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
settlement; solution; resolution
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
you (plural); all of you; you all
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store