to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
outbreak of war; starting a war
to maintain; to continue to have
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
account book; register; ledger
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
company president; manager; director
adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
mayfly; ephemeropteran; ephemerality (of human life); (arch.) dragonfly; (arch.) damselfly
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
odorless; odourless; unscented
normal practice; proper practice
to stay (at); to stop (at)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
park (public, amusement, etc.); parking