good time to make a profit; most profitable season; peak time
to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
sacred wine; sacred sake; sake offered to the gods; sake
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
engineer; technical officer
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement
shortcut; taking a shortcut; (keyboard) shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
full rehearsal; dress rehearsal; run-through
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerless
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
kick; treating (someone) poorly
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
high; noble; refined; advanced
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
if you do this; if this is the case
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
charitable organization; charitable institution; charity
total (money); full amount; sum
singing in unison; chanting in unison
interested person; volunteer; supporter
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)