to get jammed / to become clogged / to get choked up, to feel pressure from anxiety or other strong emotion, such as in one's chest or throat

a revolving door

to open / to make (a hole)

to broaden; to become wide / to develop; to progress; to improve / (of a person) to be enlightened; to be inspired; (perfect tense) to be sharp or clever

indicates that something undesirable was done or happened

to close / to finish, do something completely / to put away, to put an end to / is, or was (with conjugation), done completely / happens, or happened, unexpectedly / is done with difficulty

traditional folk song of Amami / (more broadly) traditional folk song of Okinawa

To do something completely (unintentionally); cannot help doing

used in response to a failure or mistake: dang, shoot, darn it

sister city