unpredictability; element of surprise
exceptionally effective; overwhelming effectiveness
shopping area within a train station
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
sobriety; soberness; sober face
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
wet nurse; nursing mother
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
objection; dissent; protest
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to soak into; to permeate
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher