patiently; with perseverance
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
daily meals; three regular meals a day
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
stealthily; secretly; in secret
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
second basement level; subbasement
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
right under; directly below
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)