finishing blow; coup de grâce
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
production (e.g. play); direction
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
wherein; therein; thereinto
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
head over heels; headlong; head first
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
since one was born; (in) all one's life
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to knead well; to polish; to refine
preservation; retainment; keeping
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
audience; spectator; spectators
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
maximum permissible level or dosage
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
family of gods; clan of gods; tribe of gods
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)