effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
instead of; replacing; on behalf of
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to lick (all) up; to lick all over; to lick clean; to engulf (in flames); to consume (of fire); to sweep through
mostly involve; principally involve
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
step; stride; counter for steps
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to entertain one's guests; to keep a group entertained
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
script; libretto; scenario
that is to say; so that means
(not) much; (not) very; (arch.) like this; (arch.) as a rule
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
audience; attendance; hearers
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to forget to write something; to leave something out; to omit something
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
forgetting; lapse of memory
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)