traditional; customary; conventional
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to put one's strength into
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
otherwise; or else; if not
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
falling rocks; fallen rocks
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to surge; to well up; to gush out
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
to stare back (at); to glare back