to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
war; battle; match; game; competition
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
exploitation; overuse; abuse
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
after that; afterwards; thereafter
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to die by drowning; to drown
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
drop (e.g. of water); drip
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
enumeration; citation; listing
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to put one's strength into
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
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