audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
palatial residence; stately mansion
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
construction; architecture (of buildings)
Porsche; Porsche; Porche; Porché
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
sukiya style of building; style of a tea-ceremony arbor (arbour)
furnishings; implements; equipment
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
depending on the ...; to depend on the ...
University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)
(appropriate for) one's age
friendly relations; social relations; social life
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to do earnestly; to get serious
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
amorous adventure; love affair
stealing another's romantic partner
independent production (e.g. of a film)
(projection) screen; the silver screen; the film world; movies
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting