actor; actress; player; performer
grandfather; male senior-citizen
retort; back talk; backchat
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
premature death; untimely death; dying young
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
only recently; just of late
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
although I say; although one might say; although called
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
charming; fascinating; attractive
heading; headline; index; headword
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
in the future; another day; later
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
calling by name; designation; nomination
this and that; various things
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
listless; languid; sluggish; irritating; exasperating; tiresome
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining