to set aside one's interests
sacrificial opponent; jobber (in wrestling); foil; weak player brought in to make the opponent appear stronger
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
mineral matter; metallic property
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to fall from heaven (the sky)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence
to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to smirk in a creepy way (like an unsociable otaku); to make a slimy self-satisfied grin
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to make sense; to be meaningful
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to make (a person) pay for (something)
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on); to twist; to distort
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
outside world; physical world
to become desperate; to give in to despair
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
stand-in; proxy; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to one's remaining ramen broth)
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
too (much); overly; excessively
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee