cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
action committee; executive committee
speaking voice; talking voice
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to play around; to gallivant about
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (of the Sun)
to distribute; to hand out
beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
family doctor; family physician; primary care physician; general practitioner; GP
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign
happy memory; sweet memory
criticizing someone behind their back; backbiting
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
to get one's head around; to think about
recuperation; medical treatment
studies; schoolwork; classwork
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to pry (open); to prise; to wrench
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
every person; each one; everybody
Japanese fir (Abies firma); momi fir
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25