competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
pressure; oppression; suppression
rather; better; instead; if anything
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)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
modern; up-to-date; art nouveau; Beaujolais nouveau (wine); vague; fuzzy
the way back; the way home; return trip
Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica; live tree
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)