memory; ability to remember
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to weave within (hair, fabric, etc.); to braid
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to burst (open); to break; to split
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
ostentation; show; affectation
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
naturally; of course; understandably
along the road; along the way
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)