festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage); masseur; masseuse; (arch.) blind person
senior; veteran; old-timer
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
influence; clout; leverage
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead
national defence; national defense
management; administration; operation
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
very interesting; of great interest
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
chief; main; principal; major
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
main cause; primary factor
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
in the future; another day; later
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
messenger; envoy; emissary
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
corridor; hallway; passageway
attendant; valet; servant; follower
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
control; check; restraint; inhibition
immediately; at once; instantly