equipment; device; installation; stage setting
notch; nick; marks on a ruler
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
stopping at; going no further than
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)
operation; functioning; running
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
twilight; dusk; faint light
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
usual; unchanging; eternal; same as always
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
standing close together; bristling (with)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to be worn down; to be reduced
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
remembrance; recollection; recognition
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
torture device; instrument of torture
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
line; queue; procession; matrix
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet