Vocabulary

(a) scroll

duty; honor; honour

one minute

(not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of

careful consideration

a sentence; one sentence

(a) penny store; business on a small scale

stinginess; miserliness

trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy

parting

a glance; a look; a glimpse

step by step; by degrees

(a) step forward

armful; bundle

one-way traffic

blow; shock

sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse

log bridge

single standard; single base

solitary pine tree

solitary Japanese cedar

sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.); never deviating from; persisting with; focusing solely on; devotion to; single spear

direct unforked road; straight path

one step below (in skill, ability, etc.); a cut below; right underneath

univalve

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

one-act play

the first sleep (of silkworms)

nap; short sleep

(a) dream; (a) fleeting thing

one person

one-sided view

(a) passing acquaintance

one-tenth of a rin

(a) single crop

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

running at full speed; going as fast as one can go

answering question by question

riches to rags; person turned into a beggar overnight