if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
just past noon; afternoon
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
ornamental ball-shaped scent bag; decorative paper ball (for festive occasions)
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
with a friendly grin; smilingly
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; attractive older man with some gray hair
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
enlightenment; instruction
air of luxury; high class feel
oil lighter (for cigarettes); kerosene lighter
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
(secondary) tobacco smoke
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
(your) daughter; young woman
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
light (e.g. colour, color)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
answer song (song written as a response to an earlier song)
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
standing on one's feet for a long time
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
government; administration