to rise into importance; to gain strength; (lit.) to raise one's head
reading partway; leaving half-read
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
sorry; too bad (for you)!; tough luck!
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
countermeasure; counter-measure
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
co-education; mixed education
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
after the end (of something)
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
emergency staircase; fire escape
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
tourist; vacationer; vacationist; holidaymaker
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route
transparent; plain (glass or glasses)
club activities; group activities
people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
route; way; course; directions
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
(a) Buddha; deceased person
being unable to laugh (at a funny but serious situation); forced to hold back laughter