fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
projection (of a shadow); casting (a reflection); (geometric) projection; reflection (of feelings, experiences, etc.); projection
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
short story; short film; short poem
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid); Okinawan rice gruel meal
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
(someone else's) parents; both parents
infancy; childhood; tender age
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
screening (a movie); showing
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to grow up; to become an adult
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
manufacture; production; production (of a film, play, TV show, etc.)
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
three times; thrice; third (interval)
sheathing a sword; returning a sword to its scabbard
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem