leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
Japanese national (esp. abroad); fellow countryman
detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
government; administration
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
salary reduction; salary cut
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
abduction victims; abductees
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
considerably; greatly; a lot
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
traitor (to one's country); quisling
already; now; no longer; not any more
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
rather; better; instead; if anything
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
(person treated as a) plaything
unspecified large number (of people)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking