bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
receiving; acceptance; reception; admission
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
no vacancy; full occupancy
frequency (of occurrence)
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
way of solving (a problem); solution
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
function; facility; faculty; feature
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
should do; ought to do; must do
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event; grave (and unexpected) incident; serious event; accident
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
with a start; with a jump
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest