ceremony; rite; ritual; service
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to get between; to be caught in
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
in history; ever; historical
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
going on a pleasure jaunt
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
aphrodisia; stimulation (sexual)
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
hurriedly; hurry-scurry; helter-skelter
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
mass; quality and quantity
traditional; customary; conventional
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something