gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
one's way back; one's way home
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
rebel; traitor; insurgent
dominion; territory; possession
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
underground spring; Hades; hell; underworld
to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
recovery; rescue; recapture
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...