small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
villain; baddie; the villain's part
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
intensive care unit; ICU; interface control unit
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
considerably; greatly; a lot
curse; spell; malediction
else; in addition; besides
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
rebellious phase; rebellious age
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
these guys; these fellows