feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give (someone) a charge; to empower
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to gain fame; to make one's name
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
screen layout (film, television); window layout (computer); photo layout; page layout
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
game master (person who organizes and oversees a role-playing game); GM
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
just because; even if; even though
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing