virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
helping hand; help; support; aid
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
to listen to in an ecstasy
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
memories; recollections; reminiscence
band (group of musicians); band (material); strap; belt (clothing); (frequency) band
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
tune (melody, piece of music)
composition (of music); setting; writing music
extension and structural alteration of building
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
triumphant return; returning in triumph
to ride side by side; to walk side by side; to go together; to join forces; to work together; (lit.) to line up horses' bits
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
small hill; low hill; hillock
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement