comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
all sorts of; all kinds of
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
approximate age; age range
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
mistletoe (esp. European mistletoe, Viscum album); parasitic plant
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; real world; IRL (in real life)
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
to live through; to survive
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing