(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
one's family; family member
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
glance; glimpse; cursory view
separate case; another matter
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
old clothes; secondhand clothing
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
corridor; hallway; passageway
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of