farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
Italian submarine Scirè (S527)
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
all companies; each company
to rock; to shake; to swing
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
January; first month of the lunar calendar
viewer; (television) audience
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
information media; press; news organs
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam); collection of hypothetical questions and answers
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
questioner; interrogator; interpellator
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
flash (esp. of a camera); flashlight; very short scene in a film or TV show; newsflash
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
return of something; repayment
employment (long term); hire