to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
one or two; a few; small number
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to be surprised; to be astonished
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
wording; words and phrases; way of expression; token
genuine article; real thing; real deal
moderate; proper; just right
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to be enchanted; to be charmed
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
beginning; outset; first; onset
to begin talking; to open up
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
antiques business; curio dealer; secondhand dealer
(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
price; cost; value; worth; value
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
poor farmer; needy peasant