Johnny Kitagawa (23.10.1931-09.07.2019; founder and president of Johnny & Associates)
to listen intently; to focus on (music, speech, etc.)
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
area within a window or GUI display
mistress; kept woman; concubine
festival (shrine visit) by children aged 7, 5 and 3; lucky numbers 7, 5 and 3
male diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.); fisherman
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
six; sixth (interval, chord)
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK
how; in what way; in what manner
to take a breath; to take a short rest
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest