waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
heaven and earth; top and bottom
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
trash house; house overflowing with garbage from hoarding
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
right beside; close to; nearby
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
youthful; young; young-looking
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease