new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
minority group (party); minority
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
and yet; though; when; in spite of
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
try; attempt; try (rugby)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
way out; means to escape; escape route
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
derailment; digression; deviation
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants