first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
historical play; period drama
actor; actress; player; performer
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
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
one's physical safety; personal security
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to summon courage; to be brave
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
to estrange (two friends); to come between (two people); to drive a wedge
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
to crumble away; to collapse
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)