stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to run around; to bustle about
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
gray or silver haired (grey)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to be worried; to be troubled
while; during (the time when)
speaking voice; talking voice
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
that; the matter in question
violent emotion; passion; fury
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
hard or crushing blow; severe attack
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
(period of) a year; during an era
time (three times, each time, etc.); times