(a) step;  one step;  level;  stage;  small degree;  small amount
 next;  following;  subsequent;  stage;  station
 promotion;  advancement;  rising in rank
 to persevere;  to persist;  to insist that;  to stick to (one's opinion);  to remain in a place;  to stick to one's post
 so much;  so often;  oh, yes!;  that's it;  that's right;  quite
 seriousness;  earnestness;  truth;  sanctity
 to go to and from (a place);  to go back and forth between;  to go to (school, work, etc.);  to attend;  to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity);  to be communicated (e.g. thought)
 to decide to;  to pretend that;  to make a practice of doing;  to make it a rule to
 to give birth;  to bear (child);  to lay (eggs);  to produce;  to yield;  to give rise to
 genuine;  authentic;  true;  real
 noisy;  loud;  annoying;  troublesome;  fussy;  finicky
 to put on weight;  to gain weight;  to grow fat;  to get stout
 to take;  to pick up;  to pass;  to hand;  to get;  to obtain;  to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
 day after tomorrow;  wrong (e.g. direction)
 reservation;  appointment;  contract;  subscription;  programming (e.g. a device);  setting (e.g. a timer)
 at first;  in the beginning;  originally
 alone;  by oneself;  on one's own
 same period;  corresponding period;  same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.);  contemporary;  synchronization;  synchronism
 everyone;  everybody;  all;  everything;  all
 rest;  break;  recess;  intermission
 interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
 from now;  from the present moment;  from this time forward;  henceforth
 a long time (since the last time);  first in a long time
 rest;  recess;  vacation;  holiday;  dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
 immediately;  right away;  at once;  instantly
 lunch;  noon;  midday;  daytime;  waking up;  getting up
 yum cha;  eating snacks (esp. dim sum) with tea
 minute (unit of time);  fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
 within;  inside of;  less than
 to become less crowded;  to thin out;  to get empty;  to be hungry
 joint surety;  surety jointly and severally liable;  co-maker;  co-endorser;  co-signer
 hostel;  dormitory; (arch.)  bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.)  tea-ceremony room; (arch.)  villa
 to borrow;  to have a loan;  to rent;  to hire
 apartment building;  apartment block;  apartment house;  apartment
 old;  aged;  long;  since long ago;  of the distant past;  long-ago
 to break;  to destroy;  to wreck;  to ruin;  to break (a bill, etc.)
 to go out and away;  to leave
 bag;  sack;  skin of an orange (and other like fruits);  dead end;  plot of land surrounded by water
 to discover;  to find (e.g. an error in a book);  to locate;  to find (e.g. something missing);  to be used to seeing;  to be familiar with
 real estate agent;  realtor
 to attach;  to join;  to furnish (a house with);  to wear;  to put on;  to keep a diary;  to make an entry
 Japanese person;  Japanese people
 Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE);  Ch'en;  Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE);  Ch'en dynasty