wooden house; frame house (building)
near; nearby; not far off
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
home area; home town; local
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
human relations; personal relationships
quarrel; dispute; argument
rather; sooner; preferably
aging; wearing out; deterioration
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to sell off; to sell completely
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
succession; continuation; series; sequence
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
wall clock; grandfather clock
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification