Western-influenced; occidental-looking; exotic; (lit.) smelling of butter
monaural; monophonic; mono
box-office takings; box-office revenue
manufacturing cost; production cost
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
assistant director (in taking professional movies)
(positive) economic effect
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
movie director; film director
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
bargain; good buy; budget
notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
household economy; family finances
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
to translate; to interpret
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
early on; earlier on; from early
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
script; screenplay; scenario
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well