silence (not speaking); muteness
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
place; situation; position; location
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to polish up; to shine up
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
front; frontage; facade; main
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
one part; one portion; one section