flute; fife; pipe; whistle
cathode-ray tube; CRT; Braun tube
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
general idea; concept; notion
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
strong pressure; heavy pressure
throat; important part; vital area
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
retort (to an insult, jeer, etc.)
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
putting out the lights; turning off the lights
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
two classes; double; two sets
drama; theatre; theater; play
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
twist; wrench; distortion; torsion
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
to yearn for; to pine for
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard