to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
lightly; easily; carelessly
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
hello; good day; good afternoon
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
all over the island; throughout the island; on the island
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
existence; being; presence
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
every person; each one; everybody
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
of course; certainly; naturally
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace