curtain; bunting; act (in play)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to trample; to crush underfoot
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
management; administration; operation
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
hooting; jeering; heckling
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
tiered doll stand (for hina dolls); tiered platform; tiered gallery
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
music for strings; string music
organ (musical instrument)
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid