fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
to temper thoroughly; to train well
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
script; screenplay; scenario
game master (person who organizes and oversees a role-playing game); GM
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
clear writing; specification
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
sex change; gender reassignment; sex change; sequential hermaphroditism
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
derivative work (usu. unauthorized and produced by fans, e.g. dōjinshi, fanfiction)
being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.); being postponed; being put on hold; putting in storage
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
leaving everything up to someone else
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
special award; special prize
winning a prize; receiving an award; being awarded
river; stream; River; the ... river
sneaker; sneakers; trainers
library; book collection; paperback book
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop