on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
to make merry; to be festive
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
relation; connection; relevance
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to smear with blood; to kill
witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft); witch hunt (persecution of people considered a danger to society)
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
composite; combined; complex
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
way (of doing); manner; method
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
matter of time; question of time
soon; before long; in the near future