the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
district; section; sector
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
vindication of honour; vindication of honor; making up for loss; revenge
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
being the runner-up; finishing second
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
now; the present time; just now; another; more
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
team competition; team game
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
again; once more; a second time
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
to look forward to something
hitting left-handed (with a racket, bat, etc.); hitting to left (field)
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly