planning; plan; project; arrangements
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
company fortunes; future of a company
festival merrymaking; revelry
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
at the present time; as of now; at this time
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
thousands; several thousand
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
victim; injured party; sufferer
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
rave reviews; extremely high praise
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
movie; film; motion picture
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point