(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
near; nearby; not far off
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
warbler being in a valley; valley in which warblers live; remaining obscure and unsuccessful
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
how others look at you; what others think about you
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
fourth day of the month; four days