gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
thicket; coppice; brushwood
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
running the whole distance
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
resignation; acceptance; consolation
relatively; comparatively
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
on the occasion of; at the time of
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
sticking out prominently (usu. something long and thin); rising up
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); creases in an eboshi hat
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on