pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
detailed knowledge; finely detailed
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
interruption; suspension; break
otherwise; or else; if not
technique; art; skill; move
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
being too late; losing one's final chance
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut
all night; throughout the night
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
to remain unextinguished; to survive
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
the last moment; the very end
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by hand
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
instability; insecurity; crankiness