to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
strongish; somewhat strong
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
feeling; sense; impression
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
silence (not speaking); muteness
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
world; society; people; the public
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
each place; various places
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
flute player; flutist; flautist; piper
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land