magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion
fort; stronghold; fortification
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
deep, threatening voice; menacing tone
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
unusual space; other dimension
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
encampment; official residence (of a magistrate or minor feudal lord); administrative headquarters (of a minor daimyo or shogunate deputy)
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
mat; canvas (in boxing or wrestling)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
it's been a long time; long time no see
this family; our family; this house; we
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
recommendation; referral; endorsement
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address; first tone (in Chinese); level tone
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee