attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
error; mistake; slip; bug
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
odds and ends; all; every
excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)
to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
racket; paddle (in table-tennis)
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
otherwise; or else; if not
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
program (e.g. TV); programme
conte; short story; tale; comedy sketch; skit
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to melt together; to blend together