bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
wind and string instruments; music
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
drama; play; powerful drug
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
beforehand; in advance; previously
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
office and rank; an official rank
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)