dignitaries; very important persons; luminaries; big shots; VIPs
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to fight against; to oppose; to face
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
27th day of the month; 27 days
start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
to fan; to incite; to instigate
yukata; light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
summer festival; summer matsuri
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
influence; effect; impact
to go with the flow; to go with the times
fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support