advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
to throw open; to leave open
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
drunkenness; intoxication
to attract; to be used to
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
pinning someone on the floor by lying on them; banging on the floor (e.g. to quieten one's neighbor)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
pride; dignity; self-respect
treating someone like a child
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to collapse into; to flop onto
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly