holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
working in the theater (theatre); attached to a particular theater
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
shadow picture; silhouette; shadowgraph
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
flat ground; seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); multi-brand display area (in a shop)
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
round shape; circle; circular form
from the beginning; from scratch
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
pica (eating disorder); atomic bomb
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
fat; tallow; lard; grease
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
(program of) entertainments; special events; exhibitions; amusements; attractions
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
right to choose; a say; option
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
head; brains; intelligence
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt