schedule; program; programme; agenda
postponement; deferment; adjournment
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
just because; even if; even though
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
guess; conjecture; surmise
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
preface; introduction; preamble
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
to complete one's journey
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
environment; circumstance
water's edge; beach; foreshore
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to make a speech; to address
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
serious wound; serious injury
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
in the same way as; just like
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
seats closest to the ring; ringside seat
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen