social life; social intercourse
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
IQ; intelligence quotient
board chairman; managing director; chief director
teatime; tea break; coffee break
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
stimulating; exciting; provocative
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
overconfident; presumptuous
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
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)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
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
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks (drink)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Urashima Tarō; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
loyal retainer; loyal subject
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to scribble (down); to write quickly; to dash off