step-up; advance; progress; increase
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
producer (film, TV, etc.)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
educational institution; school; academy; campus
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
pupil; student; schoolchild
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
feeling; sense; impression
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
popular song program on radio or television
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
large stone; boulder; dragon; long group of connected stones spanning a wide area
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
hair (on the head); (a) hair
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
as a child; when one was a child
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
while; during; while; although; all; both
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!