guest; visitor; visitor's arrival
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
tenement house; row house
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
to take charge during someone's absence
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
firstborn; first child; eldest child
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
succession to headship of a family
generation; the world; the age
quietly; slowly; gracefully
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
accessory; fittings; appurtenances
way one walks; one's walk
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
in contrast to ...; unlike ...; while ...; whereas ...
last-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) salted just overnight
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
father and mother; parents
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
belongings; appendage; accessory
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest