hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
recital; recitation; public reading
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
naughty; mischievous; unruly
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
stone (used for throwing)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
on the occasion of; at the time of
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
first time; first; initial
prize-winner; recipient (of a prize, award, etc.)
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
open; frank; liberal; open-minded
system; institution; organization; organisation
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
way; method; means; resource; course
to have meaning; to be meaningful
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret