script; screenplay; scenario
development; exploitation
start-up company; venture business
illegal; illicit; unlawful
investment; contribution; financing
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
stature; height; size; physique
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to concern; to be related
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
such; this sort of; like this