exquisite skill; wonderful performance
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
sanity; consciousness; soberness
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
leader; authority; mainstay
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
right of center (politically); right-leaning; tending to the right
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
society; the world; the times
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
self-control; self-restraint
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
froufrou; frou frou; frilly decoration; Furfur; Furtur; mythical great Earl of Hell
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
unidentifiable; unidentified
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer