front entrance; front door
old building; older building
construction; architecture (of buildings)
annex (to a building); annexe; extension; supplementary building
new building; annexe; annex
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
series (e.g. electrical); serial
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
interior; inside; internal
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
inattention; absent-mindedness
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
retreating figure; appearance from behind
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
to blow through; to blow across
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
right under; directly below
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree