stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
household (electrical) appliances; home appliances; consumer electronics
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
function; facility; faculty; feature
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
on the cheap side; comparatively cheap; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
how; in what way; how about; questionable
business use; business purposes
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
rubbing one's hands together
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)