living room (Western style); sitting room
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
some people; a few people; several people
to employ; to hire; to charter
maintenance; preservation; improvement
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
being filled with; being full of; permeation
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
general; popular; common; typical
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion