detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
physical condition; state of health
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
serious; not joking; straight
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
ancestor; forefather; foremother
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
birth; creation; formation
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)