spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
shading; (colour) gradation; kumadori; style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
giving someone a ride on one's shoulders; shoulder wheel (judo)
empress (consort); queen (consort)
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)
strategic; strategically; from a strategic point of view
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
pet dog; beloved dog; love of dogs; fondness for dogs
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
warrior princess (in fiction)
battle formation; military formation
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
road; load; loading (a program or data into memory); Lord; Lord (title of members of the British nobility)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
domino (game); dominoes; domino effect
together with; same; both; all; including ...
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
to understand; to make out