stairs; stairway; staircase
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
hospitalization; hospitalisation
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
it is not (like that) either
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)