maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
(fish) biting at every cast
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
briskly (walk); at a quick pace
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
weight; heavyweight boxer
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
to offer (put up) resistance
to half-rise to one's feet
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
genital secretions; sexual fluids; semen; cum
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)