grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
front entrance; front door
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
restoration; repair; mending
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to name; to call; to christen; to term
handrail; railing; banister
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
stepwise; one step at a time
to grow up; to become an adult
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture