disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
acting ability; talent as a performer
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
sympathy; compassion; pity
lip-syncing; lip-synching
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
confused; flustered; at a loss
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
nonchalantly; without a care
transcendence; excellence; superiority
power; might; authority; influence
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic