standby; preparation; arrangement
on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play; shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage
opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.); overprint
instrumental; instructions; instructing; installation (esp. software)
inside; interior; inner part
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
metre; rhythm; musical temperament
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
from here; from this place
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
industry terminology; professional jargon; buzzword
nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land; Amitabha's Pure Land; nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
each; (arch.) you (plural)
all companies; each company
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript
werewolf; Werewolf (social deduction game); Mafia
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
rule; reign; government; governing
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
police; police officer; police station
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
family working in the forest industry; forestry family
master; teacher; stable master
husband and wife; married couple
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
speaking voice; talking voice