happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to think of; to come up with
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle
to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
talking while standing; standing around talking
travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to press alcohol on someone; to urge somebody to drink; to offer alcohol to someone
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
distilled liquor; spirits
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig