aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
and so; therefore; for that reason
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
maintenance; preservation; improvement
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
moving picture; film; cinema; movie theatre
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
leading player; prima donna; box-office star; best item one has (to show); one's sole Sunday best; one's single area of expertise
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
pack of lies; complete fabrication
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
film world; world of cinema
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
old age; old person; the old; the aged
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
forcibly; against one's will
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to become vulgar; to coarsen
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range