floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to become frayed; to become loose
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
mob; crowd of people; background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character
soccer club (at a school); football club
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
half a loaf is better than none; (lit.) even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
still; even now; to this day
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
one's superior; senior; elder
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
comfort; consolation; diversion
in advance; beforehand; previously
to grumble; to make difficulties
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
desk for a speaker; lectern; rostrum; platform
mike stand; microphone stand
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to begin; to set about; to start