reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
writing; composition; essay; sentence
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
production (e.g. play); direction
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
floor above; floor upstairs
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
very great; enormous; serious
turning point; transition phase
first time; first; initial
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
party; set; gang; company; person
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
being startled; getting a shock
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
that; the matter in question
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
memory; sense; experience