maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
corridor; hallway; passageway
handrail; railing; banister
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
small restaurant; eating house
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
sewing; needlework; embroidery
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
a lot; many; (not) much; (not) many; almost (none)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill