construction; architecture (of buildings)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
taste; flavor; taste; liking
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
10th day of the month; ten days
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
traditional; customary; conventional
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
house where one was born; one's parents' house
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
present (brought by a visitor); gift
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)