meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
just one person; only one
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
calming down; quieting down
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
each; (arch.) you (plural)
popular name; common name; given name
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
moron; idiot; stupid person
power; authority; jurisdiction
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
caller; visitor; company; guest
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
headquarters; head office; main office
class-A; A class; A grade