middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
how long; how much; to what extent
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
trouble; bother; annoyance
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
(your, his, her) daughter
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to become pale; to turn pale
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)