more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to collapse into; to flop onto
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
breathing of a sleeping person
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump from one thing to another
same; similar; (just) like; equal
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
basis; foundation; grounds; authority