bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor; ham actor
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
to collect; to assemble; to gather
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video
spirit; determination; pluck; mettle
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
promotional video; music video
possibility; potential; expandability
beginning; outset; first; onset
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
for the general public; for the general market
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
spin-off merchandise; related merchandise
covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan; Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture); National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium)
rival; competitor; competition
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
gekiga; manga with a realistic, dramatic art style and mature themes; kamishibai; storytelling with pictures
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
comfort; consolation; diversion
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup