arrangement (music, objects, etc.); organization; adaptation
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
having slow reflexes; bad at sports; unathletic person
to compete with; to vie for
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
figure; body shape; build; physique; form
way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes
movie set; filming location
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
echo; ultrasound scan; echographic examination
fiercely fought contest; close game (match, race, etc.); dead heat
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)
descriptive (narrative) part
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
villain; baddie; the villain's part
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
role of the villain; the bad guy
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
looking away; looking aside