upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
decoration; ornament; trimmings
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
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
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
has reached its limit; has reached its peak
death penalty; capital punishment
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to prostrate oneself before
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
to become better; to improve
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
no matter how much time passes
dealing with; coping with
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
presence (impressive quality)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly