computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
to attract public attention; to create a stir; to arouse interest
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour
ticket counter; ticket office; box office
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
screening (a movie); showing
screen; curtain; raster; room divider; partition wall
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
to defy conventional wisdom
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
dressing up; putting on makeup; dolling (oneself) up
power; might; authority; influence
tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up
binge eating; stress eating
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
ticket sold in advance; advance ticket
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
theatre; theater; playhouse
on the right as one faces (it)
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
down to earth; reasonable
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
to be in the spotlight; to come into focus (of attention); to come into the spotlight
story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)