stairs; stairway; staircase
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to look around; to survey
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
spine (of book); binding (of book)
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
keeping things tidy and in order
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
color scheme; colour scheme
light; faint; pale; fleeting
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
corkboard; cork board; pinboard
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
observation; survey; watching
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)