opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
being too late; losing one's final chance
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
processing speed; handling speed
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
minute adjustment; fine-tuning
to show one's affection; to express one's love
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
falling of the curtain; (coming to an) end; close
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
going upstream; sailing against the current
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
oracle; revelation; divine message
two (long cylindrical things)
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely