remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
to have time free; to have time to spare
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to some extent; to a certain extent
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
(not) even once; (not) ever
Prussian blue; deep blue; dark blue; ultramarine
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
talk about divorce or separation
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
street stall; stand; booth
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business