length of a blade; walking barefoot on the edge of a sword blade (acrobatic stunt)
press conference; news conference
Regent hairstyle; ducktail; Pompadour
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
aposematic coloration (colouration)
hoverfly (Syrphidae spp.); syrphid; drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
color (of an animal); body color
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
satirical; sarcastic; ironic
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.); drawn
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
inside; interior; inner part
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
speaking voice; talking voice
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)
silence; stillness; quietness
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
curiosity; inquisitiveness
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes