stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
one day; (on) a certain day
door; gate; opening; title page
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
world; society; people; the public
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
toilet; restroom; bathroom; going to the toilet; relieving oneself
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
opening and closing; opening and shutting
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
scene; spectacle; sight; view
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
tendency to become totally absorbed in something; monomania; perfectionism; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
full dress; formal dress; uniform
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
three; three years of age
divorce; dissolution of adoption
impossibly hard video game
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to go easy on someone; to be easygoing; to be lenient
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear