(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