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old couple; elderly couple

1

household; home; family; housekeeping

1

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

13

taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

1

transition period

1

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

8

neighbourhood; neighborhood

5

inheritance tax; death duty

1

to pay

3

selling off; disposal by sale; sale

1

one house

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

2

counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

3

ready-built house; built-for-sale house

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

selling (real-estate) lots

1

residence; mansion

2

aging; wearing out; deterioration

1

wooden house; frame house (building)

3

site; plot; lot; grounds

4

200; two hundred

3

tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.31 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

19

cast iron

2

door(s) of a gate

4

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

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(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

8

to close; to shut

14

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

8

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

12

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

63

sneaker; sneakers

5

mother

25

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

4

to walk noisily; to walk loudly

2

number one; first; best; most; game; round

31

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

31

to push (something) against

8

bulky; massive; thick; heavy

5

one thin flat object; one sheet

12

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

6

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

3

snoring; snore

4

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

2

to bear; to endure

3

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

7

before long; even now

6

to get out of bed; to show a leg

3

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

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