cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
business hours; opening hours; office hours
after the end (of something); post-
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
doing something multiple times; having sexual intercourse multiple times
adult child; adult children; adult person psychologically traumatized from being raised in an abusive or dysfunctional family (e.g. by alcoholic parents)
side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
station; office; guardroom
dressing room; green room; backstage; inside story; confidential talk; hidden circumstances
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows
entrance fee; admission fee; admission; entrance charge; admission charge
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
the Building Standards Act
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
pied; bottom part of a macaron
tenant (esp. residential tenant in apartment block); occupant; inhabitant; inmate
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
deceiving; cheating; fooling