seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
(right at the) side; just beside
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
ranking table (e.g. sports league)
reason; cause; circumstances
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
social networking service; SNS
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
patisserie; pastry shop; French-style pastry
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
nature; property; disposition
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to accept (a thing) with thanks
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
manner of using one's hands