timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
left side; left-hand side
right side; right-hand side
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
cheering group; cheering squad
around the end of (a period of time)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
Hanako-san (ghost rumoured to haunt school toilet stalls)
henohenomoheji; seven hiragana characters grouped together to look like a face
right in the midst of; right at the height of
story; tale; talk; discussion
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
unique; individual; original; unusual
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to name; to call; to christen; to term
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
God; god; ace; king; superior person
oracle; revelation; divine message
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
acceleration; speeding up
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel