original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
scoundrel; rascal; villain
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
to try to do; to attempt to do
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
villainess; antagonist young lady
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to recall; to remember; to recollect
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to