decorative lights; illumination
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
semibasement; semi-basement
number plate; licence plate; license plate
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
intelligence or information network
Hong Konger; person from Hong Kong
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
very recently; in the very recent past
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
to be impressed; to greatly admire
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
huge rock; firmness; solidity
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
Ichihara Etsuko (1936.1-)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to forget to say; to forget to mention
molding; moulding; modeling; modelling
point in question (at issue)
diagnosis and treatment; medical care
to surge; to well up; to gush out
commander; commanding officer; CO
to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath