home; household; family; hearth
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to slide into; to slip into
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to provide; to arrange; to install
state religion; official religion; established religion
countries; (various) nations
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to that degree; to that extent; that much
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly