advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to speak; to hear a voice
understood; I see; OK; present; here
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
high and low; rise and fall
slight; little; insignificant
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
small theatre; kabuki performed in a small theatre; little performance; short acted scene; act
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
varistor; barista; barrister; ballista
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
complete; whole; perfect; safe
preservation; retainment; keeping
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
remaining quantity; residual quantity
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
encounter; engagement; battle
profiting while others fight
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain