place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to be found; to be discovered
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
news; word; tidings; omen
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
than; from; out of; except; but; more
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to pile up; to accumulate
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
so; like this; in this way
such; like that; that sort of; very