substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
possession; occupation; occupancy
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
ratio; proportion; percentage
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
from the viewpoint of; according to
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
unmarried person; single person; bachelor; spinster
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
as a child; when one was a child
to be born; to come into the world
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
traditional performing arts (e.g. shamisen, koto, dance, etc.); accomplishments
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to turn against; to become an enemy
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
exquisite skill; wonderful performance
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean