live (broadcasting, music, etc.); live performance; live concert; resonant (room, etc.); reverberating
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
(not) even with; (not) even using
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
rough; casual (clothing); rough; rough (sketch); draft
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
performing style; acting style
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
things to note; matters that require attention; important points; considerations; precautions; suggestions
prohibited item; banned item
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
pamphlet; brochure; leaflet
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
thereupon; shortly thereafter
at work; in the midst of work; working
rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination; reclassification
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
to object; to protest; to speak; to say; (arch.) hello!; (arch.) is anyone home?
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold