putting life into; animating; cheering up
to complete decisively; to do to completion
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
police drama (television); detective drama
Japanese film; Japanese painting
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
drama; theatre; theater; play
actor; actress; player; performer
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
catercorner; diagonally opposite
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
one's own work; making by oneself