vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
extinction; annihilation; destruction
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
to wring the neck; to strangle
serious; not joking; straight
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers); something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly; punctuation marks such as the dakuten; Chonchon; South American mythical bird
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
important person; strategic person; key figure
control; management (e.g. of a business)
normalcy; normality; normal
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
every place; various places
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
settlement; solution; resolution
communication skills; communication ability
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role