stairs; stairway; staircase
system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
electricity; (electric) light
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
Western style residences built mostly for early foreign settlers during the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji era
is that so?; I see; right; oh
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
everyone at once; everyone together
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
wounded person; injured person
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to kick over; to kick down
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
button (clothing); push-button; button
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
crotch; groin; area between the thighs