(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
making a killing; making easy money; robbery
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
as a child; when one was a child
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
to think of; to come up with
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
out of character; unlike one
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
now that you say that; now that you mention it
thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly
all you have to do is; just; that's all
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to be infected; to be contagious
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to fall asleep; to sleep deeply
classical elegance; antiquity
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality