pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
clearing one's throat; cough
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
out of character; unlike one
it is I who should say so
appearance; front of a structural member
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to gather; to collect; to assemble
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
precocious; precocious child
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
unexpected meeting; coincidence
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
hello; good day; good afternoon
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
writing (e.g. as a profession)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book