celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
massing (of troops); gathering
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
extremely; very; a shitload; a lot; a great amount
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
offense and defense; offence and defence
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
pink (colour, color); (lit.) colour of peach (flowers)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
(arch.) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
what's what; heads or tails
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly
one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that