old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
hedge; fence; border; limit
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
quiet; still; surreptitious
sigh (of admiration or lamentation)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
opposite side; opposition
to face on; to look out on to
floor space (esp. of the ground floor only); floorage
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
few decades; many decades; several decades
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
several years; a few years
to rebuild; to reconstruct
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
twice; again; second time
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
rental apartment; block of rented apartments
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain