raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
silent; silent movie; silent film; silent letter
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
had better ...; had better not ...
at work; in the midst of work; working
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
bon voyage; have a nice trip
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
by myself; in person; by oneself
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
all present; all concerned; all of us