looking over someone's shoulder
cabinet; housing (for equipment)
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
to take a breath; to take a short rest
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
phone duty; being on call
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
doorknob; door knob; door handle
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
window blind; blinds; blind
material; materials; data; information; documents
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to be superstitious; to believe in omens
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
charm; incantation; spell; curse
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
four corners; four ordinal directions
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
classification; categorization; sorting
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
to carry; to bring (to a place)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
G; g; gram; (acceleration due to) gravity; group