waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
grey moustache; white beard
wheat straw; barley straw
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
close-cropped head; bald hill
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
great wealth; enormous fortune
to nip (something) in the bud
beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment
should not be; must not be
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to gain fame; to make one's name
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
steady advance; carrying all before one
outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
punching bag (boxing); training bag; sandbag
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
flaring up; bursting into flames
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to walk in on; to tread upon