apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
settlement; solution; resolution
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
convenient; handy; useful
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
spacious; roomy; large; extensive (business, dealings, etc.); large (scale); broad
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
bored; having nothing to do; idle
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
to rest one's chin in one's hands
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
well-mannered; courteous; polite
haori and hakama (Japanese male formal attire)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
sealed letter; sealed document; enclosure
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
large bird; peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
business world; business circles
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders