this country; our country
debut; opening; first public exhibition
by both oneself and others
yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
self-inflicted injury, loss, etc.
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
rock 'n' roll; rock and roll
leader; central personage
composition; setting (of music)
throughout; all through; right through
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
toilet seat with bidet functions
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
showily decorated truck (e.g. chrome, air-brushed pictures, colored lights); art truck
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
complete destruction; demolition