commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to be started; to get underway
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Kuomintang; Chinese Nationalist Party
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
VIP; very important person
use; utilization; utilisation; application
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
the ocean; the great deep
domestic air route; domestic airline (company)
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow
jumping to a wrong conclusion
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
telephone call; telephone (device)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
to pause; to have a short intermission
Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
board chairman; managing director; chief director
appearing as if something doesn't exist; casual; offhand
to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
to begin talking; to open up
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money