adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
participation; joining; entry
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
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)
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
voice training; vocal exercises
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to become desperate; to give in to despair
intermission (between acts); interlude
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
reopening; resumption; restarting
to manage something successfully; to be successful
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
scene; sight; scenario; setting
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to move to tears; to draw tears; to evoke tears
reading in a monotone; stiff delivery; wooden delivery; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused