playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to happen to hear; to overhear
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
theatergoer; someone who likes plays
to be silent; to say nothing
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
pride; boast; credit (to)
that's the way it is; such is life
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
although I say; although one might say; although called
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
only; merely; but; no more than
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
story; tale; talk; discussion
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)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point