step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
mysterious fish; strange fish
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to shake; to sway; to waver
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
passage of time; perceived time; relative time
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)