head house (family); birthplace; originator
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
residence; housing; residential building
each house; every house; many houses
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
interior design; interior; upholstery
to pay attention; to be watchful
the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
killing time; staving off boredom
good feeling; feeling good
to have more losses than wins
rest; break; recess; intermission
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
in name only; titular; nominal
kakari geiko; training performed by an attacker and a defender
to use up all one's strength
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
devoted; self-sacrificing
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
to brush gently; to stroke; to caress
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
returning tit for tat; retaliating
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness