winning a prize; placing (high; in a contest)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
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 (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of 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; being in close proximity; being adjacent
clause; article; stipulations
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
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