dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
semibasement; semi-basement
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
inattention; absent-mindedness
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
sentiment; sentimentality
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to throw open; to leave open
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
retort; back talk; backchat
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
video (esp. digital); video clip; animation; animated cartoon; in-betweens (animation)
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to become pale; to turn pale
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
in line with this; therefore
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine