when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to state; to express; to mention
person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting
past forty; following right course
spouse; wife; husband; partner
dropout; straggler; outcast; failure
cyborg; cybernetic organism
nonsensical or offensive reply (on Twitter)
serious reply (response) (e.g. in 2ch threads)
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
surname; family name; last name
Kikuchi Hideyuki (1949.9-)
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
greeting; a fine thing to say
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
during; for the duration of
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
ability; capability; skill
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise