funny story; funny anecdote
good performance; good work; great success
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
audience; spectator; spectators
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
streaking (i.e. running naked in a public place)
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
such; like that; in that way
evil spirit (that can possess people)
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
runaway child; youngster who has run away from home
running away from home for a very short time
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to telephone; to make a phone call
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)