disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
after a long time; for the first time in a while
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
reaction; response; reaction
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to buy a large amount (of); to purchase (in large quantities); to buy in; to buy regularly; to make regular purchases; to be a regular customer
one's house; one's home; one's family
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
cockpit voice recorder; CVR; voice recorder; dictation machine; dictaphone
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
before and after (e.g. photos)
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
exclamation mark; exclamation point
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
approval; acceptance; toleration
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
interior design; interior; upholstery
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
(opening) with a clatter; loudly; flinging (open); (changing) completely; dramatically; suddenly
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation