rearguard; rear guard; back (player)
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
true state; actual condition; reality
all present; all concerned; all of us
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
main performer; star performer; headliner; rakugo storyteller of the highest rank
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
to pierce through; to break through
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
control; check; restraint; inhibition
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
suddenly; all of a sudden
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
how; in what way; how about; questionable
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)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
right in the middle (of); midst; height