child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
home; household; family; hearth
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
means; way; method; measure
to need; to call for; to require
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
self-deprecating; self-mocking
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to face on; to look out on to
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
neighbouring house; neighboring house
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
contract; compact; agreement
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
dwelling; house; residence; address
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
visit (from someone); call
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste