script; libretto; scenario
beginning; opening; start; outset
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
novel; original; new; innovative
last scene (of a film, play, etc.); final scene; closing scene
one act (of a play); scene; event
to grow up; to become an adult
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
to move forward; to move on
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
treasure chest; strongbox
to fold in; to fold up; to store in one's heart; to bear in mind; to do in rapid succession; to do relentlessly
major cleanup; spring cleaning
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
to become an expert; to be a master (of)
compensation; amends; redeeming feature
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)
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)
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically