exposure; laying bare; exposure; (media) exposure; appearance (on TV, in magazines, etc.)
singing voice; (sound of) singing
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
silence (not speaking); muteness
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
monetary offering (or gift) wrapped in paper
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to have a reason; to have an excuse
for example; for instance; e.g.
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
presence; dignity; corpulence; obesity
to become hoarse; to become husky
accompanied by a woman; accompanied by women
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to sit down; to take a seat
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither