clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
at that time; in those days
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
on and after; from ... onward; since
every year; yearly; annually
established practice; custom
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
proposal; proposition; suggestion
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
estimate (of costs); budget
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
extremely; very; really; super; so
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
primary school; elementary school; grade school
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
script; libretto; scenario
to get between; to be caught in
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
at work; in the midst of work; working
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)