hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
odds and ends; all; every
high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
ping-pong; table tennis; exactly!; surely!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
racket; paddle (in table-tennis)
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
otherwise; or else; if not
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
program (e.g. TV); programme
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate