(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
characteristic; feature; special quality
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
to slide into; to slip into
perverse; perverted; twisted; inverted
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
otherwise; if not; or else
cutting and patching; splicing; grafting
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial