large room; green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; junior actor; actor of small parts; large hospital room (for several patients)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
headquarters; head office; main office
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
core; core; hardcore; all-out
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
to sit for an examination
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
literally; to the letter; literal
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
continuation; succession; series; continuous
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
yearned for; longed for; missed
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
mapping (creating an association between data elements, etc.); mapping; mapping; cartography
smooth (i.e. without problems)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
Gothic Lolita (type of fashion style)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand