voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
considerably; fairly; quite
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
script; screenplay; scenario
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to comfort; to console; to amuse
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!