(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
government office; public office
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
unheard-of; unprecedented
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
human intellect; knowledge
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in