to be relieved of one's post
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
to stare back at; to look back at
way of speaking; intimation
patting; stroking; caressing
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
key performer; last performer of the day
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
antiquity; the previous era
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
(Japanese) empress; queen
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
pace; rate; pitch (i.e. angle, space, field, sound, etc.); pitch (from distilling petroleum, tar, etc.); pitch (football, rugby); playing field
fish balls; fish dumplings
two parts; two copies; the second part
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
vacant space; aperture; gap; opening
human intellect; knowledge
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
example; illustration; precedent
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
secret story; unknown episode
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received
security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)