on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
setting up specially; special installation
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
individual; one by one; separate; each
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
Do Not Enter; No Entry; Wrong Way
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong)
beautiful breasts; well-shaped breasts
creation; Creation (by God)
in person; personally; directly
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
richness; fullness; lushness; body (esp. of food, wine, etc.); depth; weight
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
showing by a diagram; illustrating; representing graphically
space; interval; space character; whitespace
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
outsider; someone outside of a group
simple; simplified; easy; plain
genuine; authentic; true; real
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion