favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to cause someone to worry
this and that; various things
in perfect form; going swimmingly
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
being settled; coming to a conclusion
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
explanation; interpretation
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
compilation; editing; recording
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent