meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
testimony; (verbal) evidence
before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
how long; how much; to what extent
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
sanity; consciousness; soberness
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to squash; to crush; to flatten
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to be softened; to calm down
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
bright person; talented student; prodigy
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
carefree; free from worry