tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
ventilation fan; extractor fan
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
living; lifestyle; living room
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
mail; postal matter; postal item
police; police officer; police station
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except