stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story, film, etc.
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
first volume (in set); volume one; book one
middle volume (in set); volume two (of three)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
to jar; to creak; to grate
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
elopement; running away with a lover
study camp; overnight field trip; travelling class; class held in a different room (music, science, etc.)
fabric (pattern) of human relationships
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
female high-school student
to fly around; to scatter
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
father; dad; husband; you; he
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
the way back; the way home; return trip
going home from work; on the way home from work
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
farming; agriculture; cultivation
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
(medical) doctor; physician
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing