last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
violent emotion; passion; fury
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
sincere; honest; faithful
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
cheekbone; zygomatic bone; malar bone
bye-bye; goodbye; saying goodbye; parting
boned white fish boiled in salted water
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
parade float; festival float
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
mask of a devil; startling appearance; devil's face
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to brandish; to flourish; to wave; to swing; to shake at
wetting; love affair; lover
approximation; having a close resemblance
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
the reason is that ...; because
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
daihinmin; daifugō; card game similar to President
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
local rule; house rule; ground rule
manners and customs; folkways; usage