gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
to well up; to burst; to arise
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
the teaching profession; education of laity
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
combination; union; binding; bond
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
hand-rolled sushi (usu. cone-shaped)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
background music; (movie or commercial) soundtrack; featured songs
on the occasion of; at the time of
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
something-something; yada yada; so-and-so
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
something or other; what-do-you-call-it; what-do-you-call-them; blah blah blah; yada yada yada
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
to cease; to stop; to be over
to be transparent; to show through
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
number of votes polled; poll votes