actor; actress; player; performer
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
author; writer; novelist; artist
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Mie prefecture (Kinki area)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
recent photograph or photography
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
relatively; comparatively
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to reach an agreement; to come to an understanding; to compromise (with); to get along well with
town; city; municipal; urban
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
that day; the very same day
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
development; exploitation
difference; variation; difference
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
sequel; later development
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries