faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
stairs; stairway; staircase
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
image change; changing one's image; makeover
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
pulmonary lobe; lobe of the lung
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
third stage; three stages
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
enemy territory; hostile place
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh
to force open; to push open