stairs; stairway; staircase
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
historical play; period drama
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
tenement house; row house
content-free chat; idle gossip
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to concern; to be related
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
sad to say; how sad; alas
pointing out; identification
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
that; the matter in question
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
dustballs; cotton dust; fluff; flecks of fibre (fiber)
discovery; detection; finding
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction