information board; building directory
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
crisis in a battle; death
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
music school; music academy; conservatory
custom; practice; convention; precedent
string instrument; stringed instrument
greenhouse; icehouse; cellar
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
mike stand; microphone stand
death by suffocation; death by choking
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
voice recognition; speech recognition
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!