serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
dress rehearsal; costume rehearsal
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
centre; center; center fielder
a few seconds; several seconds
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
pop; popular; pop-art-style; pop (music); pop (stack operation)
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
singing voice; (sound of) singing
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to listen to in an ecstasy
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
both; both sides; both parties
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in