clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
actor; actress; player; performer
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
residing; living; dwelling
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
tenth day of the month; ten days
February; second month of the lunar calendar
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
journey; route of a journey
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
matter of time; question of time
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile