dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
difficult to ...; hard to ...
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
new book; new publication
female high-school student
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
original author (of a work)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
script; libretto; scenario
last scene (e.g. of a movie); closing scene
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
to fall victim (to); to get into the clutches (of)
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
producer (film, TV, etc.)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity