good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
horseplay; fooling around
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
loud shout; excited cheering
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
script; screenplay; scenario
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
as if nothing had happened
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
engineer; technical officer
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
deep emotion; strong feelings
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
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)
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
declaration; proclamation; announcement
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
several people; a few people
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
settlement; solution; resolution
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe