lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
coffee shop; coffeehouse; café
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
orphanage; nursery school
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
having no hobbies; lacking interests; humdrum; tasteless; prosaic; vulgar
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
audience; attendance; hearers
male chorus; male-voice choir; chorus for male voices
body; group; party; company; troupe
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
sentiment; sentimentality
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
in order; sequential; seriatim
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
number of persons; personnel
chorus; singing in a chorus