blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
nervousness; oversensitivity
recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
senility; dotage; decrepitude
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
to wring the neck; to strangle
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
for example; for instance; e.g.
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
slip-guard (on one side of the body of a shamisen)
using together (jointly); used at the same time