planning; project; plan; design
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
author; writer; novelist; artist
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
very much; very many; more and more
writing; composition; essay; sentence
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
loveable; very likeable; like very much
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
place; situation; position; location
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to be worried; to be troubled
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts