to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
notes; comment; remark; annotation
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
spirit; heart; disposition
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
to step firmly; to harden by treading
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
great difference; big difference; wide margin
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to lose sight of; to miss
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
front; frontage; facade; main
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
expression; presentation; representation; notation
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
feel (of a material); texture
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
one thin flat object; one sheet