city planning; urban planning; town planning
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
retirement; resignation; stepping down
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
candidate (for an election)
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
manipulation of information; spin
important matter; necessary thing; requirement
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
to come for the first time; to become for the first time
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to take up space; to occupy space
like a part of the family
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
have to do; must; should; ought to
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
the reason is ...; it is because ...
formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of
happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation
to worry about; to be vexed
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
younger pupil (of the same master); younger disciple; junior member
box; box-shape; cube-type
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift