hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
tradition; legend; folklore
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
leading person; foremost figure
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts