gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to open some distance (e.g. with other people)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
in low spirits; dejected; sad
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
hey there; I say; see here
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
end; close; finish; termination
course; route; path; process; means
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
timewise; temporal; chronal
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed