essential; important; crucial; vital; main
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
narrator; storyteller; reciter
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
middle of the night; dead of night
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
grudge; complaint; reproach
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
centrifugation; centrifugal separation
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
(pair of) compasses; dividers; revolving stage
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
of no interest; not interested
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
killing time; staving off boredom
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate