earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to lose a tooth; to lose one's teeth
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
networking; making contacts
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
reason; cause; history; origin
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to tie; to link; to connect; to correlate
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
all members; everybody; regular member
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
self-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage
finished product; finished goods; completed article
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined