guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
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
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to set (sun); to become dark
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
sports ground; sports oval
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
established practice; custom
(large number of people, esp. students) singing and dancing around a bonfire at night
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
singing voice; (sound of) singing
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to miss a chance; to fail to do
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
the reverse; other side; lining
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
only; merely; but; no more than
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home