mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
degree of familiarity; popularity
movie director; film director
unique; peculiar; singular
one's characteristics as a writer; characteristics of a creator
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to collect; to assemble; to gather
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
at least; at most; (even) just
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to shut in; to confine; to contain
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
small cinema; arthouse cinema
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to amuse oneself; to make merry
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
to recover consciousness; to come to
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
police; police officer; police station
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become