important person; strategic person; key figure
to appear all together; to be all present
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
physical condition; state of health; shape
to pretend; to act (as if)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to smile (at); to grin (at)
exerting care; attention; consideration; thoughtfulness
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
difficult to ...; hard to ...
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)