play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
thought; consideration; thinking
interruption; suspension; break
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
global standard; global standards
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
ignoring (somebody); ostracizing; leaving (someone) out
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
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
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
choral chanting; chanting in chorus (e.g. at a demonstration)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
change of government; regime change
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
February; second month of the lunar calendar
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
the way back; the way home; return trip
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there