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
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
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
to gain fame; to make one's name
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
steady advance; carrying all before one
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)
to walk in on; to tread upon
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to take away; to carry off
jewel; precious stone; gem
stamp; sticker (in messaging apps); (large) emoji
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile