postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
real estate tax; fixed assets tax; property tax; rates
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
document; official papers
demand note; dunning letter (note)
notice; notification; report; posting
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
living room (Western style); sitting room
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
edge of the eaves; house frontage
eat-in kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room
if you think about it; come to think of it
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
that is to say; so that means
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out