quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
world fair; international exposition
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
United States Army; US Army
(United States of) America; USA
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
spiritism session; seance
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
large amount of money; great cost
summoning spirits; calling down spirits; spirit evocation; communing with spirits; communicating with the dead; spiritualism
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
activist; campaigner; crusader (e.g. for women's rights); athlete; sporty person
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
alcohol dependency; alcoholism
drunkenness; intoxication
parental authority; parental rights; custody