stairs; stairway; staircase
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to be silent; to say nothing
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
mask; disguise; guise; mask
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
(medical) doctor; physician
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
diagnosis; medical examination
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
pregnancy; conception; gestation
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
watermark (in a stamp, banknote, etc.); openwork (engraving, carving, etc.)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
conviction; belief; confidence
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to bring; to take; to bring about