stairs; stairway; staircase
front; frontage; facade; main
ten; 10; ten years of age
guard; sentinel; garrison
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to approach; to draw near
difficult to ...; hard to ...
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
conference room; place of assembly
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
feeling; sense; impression
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
during; for the duration of
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
the Industrial Revolution
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
attractiveness; charm; amiability