cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
serious; not joking; straight
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
in succession; one by one
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
very popular; highly favoured
men and women of all ages
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to gather; to collect; to assemble
name; given name; first name
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
crowding together; grouping together; swarming; crowd; group; swarm
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
every person; every mouth; every entrance
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly