(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
genuine article; real thing; real deal
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
while alive; during one's lifetime
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
android; Android (mobile operating system)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays