lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
exactly as stated; verbatim
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
fragment; one of the group or party
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
something; some kind of; for some reason
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
employment (long term); hire
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why