(school) recital; school concert; class presentation; presentation (for a new product, etc.); announcement event; launch event
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
little something; reward; tip
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
meal eaten without doing any work; unearned food; (fig.) living idly
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to become clear; to be made public
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
savings box; moneybox; piggy bank
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
reforming (oneself); mending one's ways; turning over a new leaf
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
combination; assortment (of goods); assorted box (e.g. of chocolates); assorted basket
used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
couple's ring; couple rings; pairing
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
full-course dinner; multicourse meal; full (educational) course
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
notes; remarks (reference) column
intended use; intended purpose
person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; (lit.) monk for three days
to make a lasting impression
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
night watch; night sentry
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory