(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
confusion; distraction; derangement
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
cannot be helped; unavoidable
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
to hide; to keep to oneself
carrying a person in one's arms; princess carry; bridal carry
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
very likely; very probable
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
being startled; getting a shock
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
mil (one thousandth of an inch); mill
to become better; to improve
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
disgrace; humiliation; insult