entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
those (near the second person)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
close to the wall; alongside the wall
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
at once; immediately; right now
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
amount of sugar; sugar content
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to torment; to torture; to harass
soda pop (esp. fruit-flavored); pop; (fizzy) lemonade; sweet carbonated drink
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with