to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
duty; obligation; responsibility
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
horizon (related to land)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
to watch steadily; to stare
specimen; sample; (classic) example; type; sample
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to push aside; to brush aside
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
legendary; folkloric; traditional
game balance; balance between difficulty and enjoyability
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)