the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
schedule; program; programme; agenda
grand; formal; ceremonial; (feeling) awkward; self-conscious; embarrassed
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
adoption; selection; choice
guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
section manager; section chief
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
image change; changing one's image; makeover
conversely; on the contrary
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
clause; article; stipulations
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to exchange; to interchange
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
postwar period; period after Second World War
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
fighting against an illness
in a day; in a brief space of time
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky