bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
one's (living) environment
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
annex; affiliated structure or institute
worst; worst-case (scenario)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
military officer; naval officer
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
one house; the same house
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to need; to call for; to require
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
all you want; as much as one wants
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
sweet (flavour); sweet (of alcohol); sweet (e.g. melody); pleasant (e.g. atmosphere); suite (of rooms); suite
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image