step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
to go broke; to be reduced to poverty; to be driven to destitution
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
buffet; self-service meal
stairs; stairway; staircase
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
person attending a lecture; student (taking a class, course, etc.); participant
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
right beside; close to; nearby
small; tiny; (lit.) size of a palm
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
to own; to receive; to understand
assertion; declaration; affirmation
official name; formal name
division into equal parts; equal parts