performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
high efficiency; high performance
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
kitchen knife for sashimi
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
to replace; to move; to change the position of
to hide; to conceal oneself
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
deviation; departure; omission
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
to explain; to dispel doubts
narrow; thin (sized); slender
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
more than anything; above all else
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
regarding highly; attaching importance to
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
jaws of death; dangerous place; (lit.) tiger's den
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical