track event; running event
compact; portable; easy-to-use; handy
Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
crank call; prank call; nuisance call
present form; present tense
show tent; circus tent; freak show
two equal rivals; (lit.) two tigers
half-baked; dim-witted; meatheaded
manufacturing cost; production cost
action scene (in a movie)
prefectural high school; public high school
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
film studies; cinema studies
central stalk of a dried rice plant
breast; breaststroke; brainstorming
overall victory; victory in the overall standings
faster-than-light speed; super luminal speed
having difficulty falling asleep; unable to get to sleep
film studies; cinema studies
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
signature phrase; signature saying
belief; conviction; opinion
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
is never the case; has never happened
online shopping; internet shopping
a little bit; a little while
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
movie director; film director
suspicious-looking; fishy