popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
stairs; stairway; staircase
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
in the hospital; hospitalized
repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
eagle (Accipitridae family)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
after a long time; for the first time in a while
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
support; backing; aid; assistance
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
in one's own way or style
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
with a clink (click, clack)