play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
to repeatedly admonish; to tell over and over
with a single blow; with one stroke
sudden peal of thunder; thunderclap
charred; burnt black; scorched black
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to badger; to pester; to beg
utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
endurance contest; test of endurance
profitable plan; good plan
competent; suitable; qualified
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
very loud volume; megavolume
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
to be too late (to be of use)
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man