to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
one large ...; a great ...
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
festival; feast; carnival
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
having sociable manners; sociable
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
(another's) daughter; young lady
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
name plate; name tag; label
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
unpredictability; element of surprise
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
general; overall; across-the-board