pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to have come; to be here; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
unexpected meeting; coincidence
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
joint struggle; common (united) front
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
way of speaking; intimation
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
effigy; likeness; portrait; statue
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
by itself; automatically; naturally
continuation; succession; series; continuous
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
everything; anything; nothing