elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
personality; style; appearance
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
in person; personally; directly
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to step forward; to volunteer
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
social dance; ballroom dancing
general; popular; common; typical
to assemble; to set up; to construct
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
several times (as large, over)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to need; to demand; to take; to require
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
upper half of the body; upper body
to bend; to warp; to curve
journal; magazine; periodical
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things