cut; reduction; curtailment
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
performing without rehearsal
pro baseball team; professional baseball team
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
to manage something successfully; to be successful
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
winning streak; good time to make a profit
to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods; sake
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
full rehearsal; dress rehearsal; run-through
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
right hook (e.g. in boxing, etc.)
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
takoyaki; octopus dumplings
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
kick; treating (someone) poorly
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
working adult; full-fledged member of society