where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
advance; moving forward; progress
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to be erected; to be built
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
trembling with excitement
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
furnishings; implements; equipment
living room (Western style); sitting room
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to be forward; to be impertinent
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
busy; having no (free) time
to be profitable; to yield a profit
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
dry riverbed; river beach
tiled; covered with ceramic tiles
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate