spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
leader of a delegation (body, party)
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
nominal; in name only; titular
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
considerably; fairly; quite
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally