Vocabulary

aspect, position, layout, etc. of a house (determining the residents' fortune); physiognomy of a house

household possessions

person with a family; family man

family members

taking the family along

row of houses

house search (e.g. by the police)

house search (e.g. by the police)

thinking little of one's family

home education

(for) household use; home use; domestic use

family column (newspaper)

family tradition

domestic rabbit; pet rabbit

succession to headship of a family

steward

patriarchy; system of patriarchy

family tradition

heirloom

family code

houseboy; manservant

rattling and trembling of a house (traditionally believed to be caused by oni or the deceased); creaking of a building (and its furniture)

steward; butler

family custom

reticence; taciturnity

exceedingly little; exceedingly few; scanty; paltry; puny

small military force; numerically inferior force

widower

having little knowledge (of); being ill-informed

small army force

unselfishness; wanting little

science institute

Director General of Science and Technology Agency

Chinese higher civil service examinations

fine (for a minor offence)

free time; spare time; idle moment

to take (much) time; to be delayed

person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer

to succeed in doing; to see through; to manage to do; to finish doing

duel