step; stride; counter for steps
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
because of; owing to; due to
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
pupil; student; schoolchild
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
unselfishness; wanting little
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
indeed; really; truly; very much
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)