to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
lyricism; description of one's feelings
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
audience; spectator; spectators
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
boy; son; baby boy; young man
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
Chinese (lineage, ancestry, ethnicity, etc.); Sino-
black person; (arch.) woman in the nightlife business; (arch.) demimondaine; (arch.) geisha and prostitutes
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
than; other than; except; but
healthy; sound; wholesome
all you want; as much as one wants
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to bail out (water); to scoop out
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
self-deprecating; self-mocking
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm