(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
pounding the edges of planks of wood to join them
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
to move forward; to move on
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
line drive shot; line-drive bullet; scorcher
just managing; with great difficulty
sense of duty (obligation)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to fall flat; to fall face down
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce