no!; no no!; no, not at all
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
a few years ago; some years back
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
troupe; theatrical company
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
since then; from that time; ever since
drama; theatre; theater; play
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
eternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be superstitious; to believe in omens
every year; yearly; annually
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets
loveable; very likeable; like very much
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on