comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
(how) many times; (how) often
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
pretension; assumption (of a title)
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
average height; average body height
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
sting operation; undercover investigation
unusual; unconventional; mold-breaking; outside the box
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
three-way junction; three-way intersection
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
to loiter around; to wander about
happy tears; tears of joy
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
to recover consciousness; to come to
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way