one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
speaking voice; talking voice
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
chair; stool; post; office; position
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
tune (melody, piece of music)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
musical composition; tune
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
breathing of a sleeping person
almost; roughly; approximately
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
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)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)