first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
rikka; formal style of ikebana
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
objection; dissent; protest
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
pro wrestling; professional wrestling
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
competent; suitable; qualified
script; screenplay; scenario
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
script; libretto; scenario
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
different opinion; objection
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties