entreaty; imploring; begging; spoken portion of a song; oral recitation
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
suddenly; abruptly; quickly
playfulness; playful mood; imaginativeness
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
(projection) screen; the silver screen; the film world; movies
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
(a) study (e.g. in music, art, sculpture, etc.); etude; practice piece
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
improvement project; construction plan; maintenance plan; maintenance schedule; maintenance program
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
narrow; thin (sized); slender
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
redwing searobin (species of gurnard, Lepidotrigla microptera)
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
unplugged (performance); non-electrified; acoustic
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
traditional art; traditional performance art