opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
serious; severe; grave; acute
to be worried; to be troubled
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
sympathy; empathy; response
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
first (of its kind) in Japan
shout of victory; cry of triumph
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
by myself; in person; by oneself
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
such ... as; or some such
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
the West; the Occident; Western countries
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
(political) power; authority; influence
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
wherein; therein; thereinto
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
the world of music; the music world
that's the way it is; such is life