step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
in session; in progress; under way; open
massing (of troops); gathering
site (e.g. room, building) especially prepared for a meeting (event, etc.)
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
wet and glistening; slimy; slippery
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with)
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself
setting up specially; special installation
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
reduction by half; halving
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
point in common; common feature
(edible) snail (esp. Roman snail, Helix pomatia)
first meeting; first interview with
overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky
right in the middle (of); midst; height
wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
damply; moistly; clammily; gloomily; miserably
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to have medicine be effective
womanly; ladylike; feminine
to fit (inside something)
passage; path; route; one's way
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
suddenly; all of a sudden
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions