script; screenplay; scenario
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
onstage appearance of the jōruri musicians and chanters (in kabuki)
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
certain reasons; certain circumstances; professional constraints; (lit.) adult matters
perfect score; full marks; perfection; grading out of a hundred; grading on a scale of 0 to 100
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
slowly (but steadily); little by little; with a sizzle; burning; oozing out (e.g. of sweat)
firm promise; definite promise
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
televising; broadcasting; airing
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
looking and listening; (television) viewing; (public) attention; interest; (signal) reception