treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
jealousy; yakimochi (roasted rice cake)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to go past; to pass; to pass by
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
stairs; stairway; staircase
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
drunkenness; intoxication
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)