performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
to begin; to set about; to start
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
assortment; product lineup
discovery; detection; finding
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
discrepancy; discord; disagreement; mismatch; dissonance
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
it's been a long time; long time no see
incident; affair; happening; event