to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
misprint; typographical error; typo
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
life; living; I; me; student
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to be conspicuous; to stand out
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
horror film; horror movie
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
towering; astonishingly high
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n