hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
semibasement; semi-basement
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
physical condition; state of health; shape
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
moment by moment; hour by hour
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to play a leading role; to play a central part
timer; time switch; stopwatch; time keeper; self-timer; (delay) timer
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
way of reciting; way of telling a story
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
alphanumeric character; letters (of the English alphabet) and numbers
enumeration; citation; listing
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
legendary; folkloric; traditional
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
villain; baddie; the villain's part
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with