(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to take a step forward
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be surprised; to be astonished
please (give me); please (do for me)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to be strangled; to be constricted
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
name; given name; first name
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch