stairs; stairway; staircase
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan); wake-up sweet
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to change (one's clothes)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
meat sauce; Bolognese sauce
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
how; in what way; by what means
sunshade; blind; awning; parasol
infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.
hello; good day; good afternoon
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
such; like that; that sort of
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
top news; front-page news; lead story
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to have a talk; to tell a story
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
foil stamping; hot stamping; gold tooling (a book); gilt tooling
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
putting into operation; invocation