terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
great commander; famous commander
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
cheerful expression; pleased look; joyful look
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
lately; recently; these days
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone