to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
rain and wind; driving rain
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
comfort (in living place)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to shout (in anger); to yell
accomplishment; execution
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
by all means; by all costs
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to remove; to move out of the way
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to be injured; to sustain a wound
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless