prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
in that manner; like that
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
some people; a few people; several people
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
several years; a few years
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
father; dad; husband; you; he
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to squeeze out; to wring out
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
opening and shutting; opening and closing
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely