magic bullet; magic bullets
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
rejuvenation; restoration of youth
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
large household; large family; large group (of people); big organization; great wealth
shibori; tie-dye; aperture; aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
to knock down; to bring down
advisory level (1-5, 5 being the most severe); warning level
genuine; authentic; true; real
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
charging (electrically); recharging one's batteries (e.g. by taking a nap); replenishing (one's energy)
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
indispensable; essential; necessary
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to call out; to ask someone to come
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
(lower) jaw; chin; mentum; chatterbox