deep, threatening voice; menacing tone
cartoon-character costume
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
cast (of a film, play, etc.); cast member; casting (a line); casting (video, audio, etc.); (type) casting
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
nobody can win against advancing age
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); fill-in-the-blank activity
to fall through (of a plan, project, etc.); to fail; to flop; to collapse; to fizzle out
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to invite in; to show someone in
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
second term; second stage
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
loving couple; couple of lovebirds; happily married couple (who are always together)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
candidate (for an election)
(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment
patterns of thinking; train of thought
falling-block puzzle game; Tetris-like game
to pile up; to accumulate
voice training; vocal exercises
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road
to serve; to work for; to attend
opinion; intention; thought
conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
extreme masochist; very masochistic
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
totally willing; fully motivated
punishment; judgement; judgment; decapitation