to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
person being waited for; person who waits
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
beyond one's means or position
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
commitment; pledge; promise
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
misunderstanding; misapprehension; misconception; false impression; wrong idea
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to complete decisively; to do to completion
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
being too late; losing one's final chance
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending