script; screenplay; scenario
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
(one) could even say that
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
police officer; policeman; policewoman
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
start of a romance; beginning of love
public safety; public welfare
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
construction; establishment
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to put on airs; to assume importance
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
don't miss it; stay tuned; coming soon; look forward to it
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
theatre; theater; playhouse
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
having a good atmosphere; atmospheric; romantic
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly