gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
arrest; apprehension; capture
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
position; location; base; point; site
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
each nation; many nations; many countries
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
every place; various places
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
founder; organizer; organiser
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
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
only recently; just of late
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
the other day; a few days ago
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)