to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
rod; pole; stick; fishing rod
that's all from me, and now the next speaker
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
future (usually near); prospects
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
mask; disguise; guise; mask
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
family; members of a family
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
solitude; loneliness; isolation