to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
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.)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
growing thickly; growing densely
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
to project; to stick out; to stand out
drop-off area; drive-up entrance; porte cochere
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
corridor; hallway; passageway
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
looking pale; looking unwell
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
participant; entrant; player; competitor
head; brains; intellect; understanding
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
way of calling (something or someone)
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case