practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
audiovisual; audiovisual equipment
case worker; case officer
French (language, people)
criticism; critique; review; commentary
month-long period; (during) month
French film; French movie
advance screening; preview; private showing; trade show
attendance; attending to someone; taking care of someone
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
social meeting place; watering hole
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
18 certificate; R-18; restricted to those 18 years or older
fabrication; lie; fiction
tens of thousands of years
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake