expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
form; shape; figure; visage
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
surface of a board or record
small ball; globule; spherule; pellet
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
in succession; one by one
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
degree of difficulty; difficulty level