role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to turn completely into; to become completely
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
advance payment; money paid in advance
large amount of money; great cost
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(stabbing) through; (plunging) into
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
forgetting; lapse of memory
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
don't worry about it; forget about it
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
street; quarter; district; area
superior; superiors; senior
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
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
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
considerably; greatly; a lot
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life