to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
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)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
loyal retainer; loyal subject
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry