Japanese (people, language, style)
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
supporting role (actor); minor role
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to be touching; to be moving
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
superheating; overheating
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
debut work; one's first work
award of excellence; merit award
to search for; to seek for; to look for
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
Shirley; Charrie; Sherley
key person; important person
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis