stairs; stairway; staircase
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
since when; from when; how long
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
speech and conduct; words and deeds
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be surprised; to be astonished
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
charcoal; charred remains
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
form; shape; figure; visage
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction