home; household; family; hearth
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
region; limits; stage; level
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.); heart; inner mysteries; profound; deep; esoteric
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
this world; this life; world of the living
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
the last moment; the very end
atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
to have one's name entered (in a list)
carrying voice; well-projected voice
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
if so; in that case; in that situation
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken