opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
moving; touching; stirring
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
grinding; polishing; refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.); applying oneself (to study); disciplining oneself
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
technique; art; skill; move
to hide; to keep to oneself
prohibition; ban; embargo
hungry ghost realm; preta realm; magic; sorcery
founder; originator; pioneer
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
lying down; down!; lie down!
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
assistance; backing; reinforcements
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
emotional strength; force of will
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
around the world; throughout the world
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
in proportion to; just as much as
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
at; in; at; when; by; with