ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
separate; respective; different
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
composite; combined; complex
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
about this time; about now
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
seeming dangerous; risky; unsafe; chancy; unsteady; clumsy
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
beautiful maiko or geisha
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to hide; to keep to oneself
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
anti-aircraft; antiaircraft
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
if only there were ...; if (it) actually existed; there's not even ...; completely lacking ...
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to be stripped of all one's clothes; to lose everything one has
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
succession; continuation; series; sequence