lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to some extent; to a certain extent
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
war situation; progress of a battle
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
development; exploitation
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
to appear all together; to be all present
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
illustration (e.g. book); picture
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright