first thing in the morning
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
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)
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
long ago; a long time ago; already
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
the world in general; society; convention
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
two persons; two people; pair; couple
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
such ... as; or some such
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
step; stride; counter for steps
in accordance with; according to
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
shopping; purchased goods