shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
colour; color; hue; tints
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
color scheme; colour scheme
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
shopping; purchased goods
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
single-mother household; fatherless family
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
to entrust; to leave to a person
foreign capital group; foreign company
company; corporation; workplace
planning; project; plan; design
development; exploitation
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
income; receipts; revenue
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
wooden building; wooden architecture
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances