production committee system (joint financing for a work, e.g. anime, film, game)
increase in income and profit
fall; decrease (in income)
resource development; resource exploitation (usu. natural resources)
overseas deployment (e.g. military forces); overseas expansion (e.g. business operations)
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
box-office takings; box-office revenue
live-action film; movie produced without using animation; real-life film
film studies; cinema studies
being universally acceptable; being suitable for all; being popular with many people
to win the prize; to win the ring
enterprising man; businessman; industrialist
natural light; unpolarized light
film studies; cinema studies
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
first-time customer (of an inn or a restaurant); chance customer; customer without an introduction from a regular customer
(excessive) flattery; smarminess; fawning
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
economic world; financial circles; business community
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
on-the-spot filming or photography; live filming (as opposed to animation); actual picture (as opposed to a drawing); real picture or story (as opposed to fiction, imaginary scene, etc.); describing actual scenes (in writing, drawings, paintings, etc.)
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
movie director; film director
green willow (i.e. one that has budded); meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now