pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
president (of a society); chairman
handrail; railing; banister
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
texting while walking; looking at one's smartphone while walking
school rules; school regulations
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
(political) power; authority; influence
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
danger; peril; hazard; risk
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
direction of travel; direction of movement
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
pointing out; identification
visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
at least; at most; (even) just
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to not make good use of (e.g. advice); to disregard; to treat as useless; to treat with disdain
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
preferential treatment; special treatment; different treatment; express delivery; special delivery
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through