article; item; thing; goods; wares
housewife demographic; housewives
online; on the line (of a ball; in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
residence; housing; residential building
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
home area; home town; local
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
cooking (esp. Japanese style); cuisine; (Japanese) restaurant
periodic; regular; routine
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
unyielding spirit; indomitable spirit
script; screenplay; scenario
military science; military studies
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
street fighting; urban warfare
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength