magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
freely; frankly; without reserve
beyond that point; after that
Christmas Eve; holy night
(level of) comfort (in the place one lives)
in succession; one by one
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
to be greedy; to devour greedily
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
please excuse the intrusion; I'm coming in
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
one of these days; someday; one day
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
to move (house); to change residence
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression