patience; endurance; perseverance
personal appearance; character; personality
alien (from another planet)
stairs; stairway; staircase
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
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
portable terminal; mobile device; handset
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
not under observation; not on one's radar; unmarked (player); unguarded; unmarked (item, etc.); without a mark
supervised; under surveillance
various places; several sources
to be moderate in; to be temperate in; to refrain (from doing); to withhold (an announcement, comment, etc.); to be beside; to be close by
period; Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE); Nihongi; Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
creation; Creation (by God)
ancient civilization; ancient civilisation
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
safety zone; traffic island
classified information; top secret
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
heating power; thermal power; firepower
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)