success; prosperity; boom
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
close; intimate; on good terms
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
well-balanced; considerate; of fine character
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
let's not say (such things) to each other
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
food and drink; eating and drinking
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
birth; creation; formation
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
charging (electrically); electrification
light; right; right field; right fielder
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
(not) so much; (not) that much