regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
really; truly; indeed; good grief
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
craftsman; artisan; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
preceding paragraph; first part
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
scattered; sprinkled; sporadically; snapping (of a thread, string, etc.); breaking
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
white collar; white lapel
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
stakes planted on the ground or underwater at irregular angles and intervals (to obstruct the enemy)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages