play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
a long time ago; long before now
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
colour; color; hue; tints
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
usual; ordinary; normal; ordinarily; normally; usually
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
runny-nosed child; sniveler; sniveller; greenhorn; inexperienced person
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
they; those guys; those fellows
door; gate; opening; title page
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
in proportion to; just as much as