dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
accurate; correct; precise; exact
never mind!; don't worry about it
audience; spectator; spectators
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
indeed; really; truly; very much
having said that; be that as it may
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
oracle; revelation; divine message
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to distribute; to hand out
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
fate; destiny; predestination
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes