a step; short distance; short time
reading aloud; recitation
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
bad boy; naughty child; brat
order; command; directions; instructions
depiction; description; portrayal
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to clean and repaper shoji in preparation for winter
shoji (paper sliding door)
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
sense of values; values; value system
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to replace; to move; to change the position of
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
foreign; abroad; overseas
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
popular spot; popular place; popular location
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel