immediately; at once; instantly
otherwise; or else; if not
time assigned to one; (one's) allotted time; time limit; teaching load (in hours)
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
pitching; pitching (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); pitch
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
technically accomplished; technical; polished
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
handheld game console; portable game console
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
playtest (of a game before release); playtesting
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
conversely; on the contrary
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
flat; even; level; plain (language, words, etc.); simple
real thing; original; actual