stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
delicious; tasty; good; nice
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
dissidents; troublemakers; disturbing elements
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
to select someone (out of many people)
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
trickster (in mythology); trickster; swindler; trickster; magician
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
falling with a splat; oozing; dripping
drenched; soaked; romantically
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to score an ippon; to score a full point (in judo, kendo, etc.); to one-up (someone); to defeat (in an argument); to score (against someone)
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
(please) look; see; (please) try to do