chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
husband and wife; married couple
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to smile broadly; to grin widely
long-cherished desire; Amida Buddha's original vow
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
(courteous) invitation; call
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
some time ago; the other day
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
admiration; being impressed (by)
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
empirically; from experience
spontaneity; spontaneous passive
10th day of the month; ten days
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
beyond imagination; unimaginable
mass communication; mass media
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; tree tumbo (Welwitschia mirabilis)
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
with a rosy future; offering promising prospects
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy