stairs; stairway; staircase
round shape; circle; circular form
to provide; to arrange; to install
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
gem; jewel; precious stone
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
left side; left-hand side
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
meaning; significance; sense
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
right side; right-hand side
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
without; unless; have to do
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
other than; excluding; without
being very busy; busyness
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone