and then; in addition to that; also; even so
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
template; run of the mill; formulaic
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
participation; joining; entry
other; another; over; more than; I; me
participant; entrant; player; competitor
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to repeat; to do over again
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
overall; general; as a whole
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
finger flick to the forehead
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
completion; perfection; accomplishment
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
nothing but; except; no more than
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of