public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
access (to a place, esp. using public transport); access (to a website, data, etc.)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
fan site (website run by fans of a celebrity, TV show, etc.); fansite
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
such; this sort of; like this
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
drama; theatre; theater; play
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
public announcement (in a department store, etc.); announcement over an (indoor) public address system
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
... years old; age (of) ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
bad behavior; misbehavior
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)