frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
neighbourhood; neighborhood
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
de facto wife; common-law wife
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to give an impression; to make an impression
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
formal; proper; prescribed; conventional; stereotypical
physician in private practice; (arch.) town doctor; (arch.) doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.)
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise; faker; huckster
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
rosary; string of prayer beads
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to give birth to; to have a stomachache
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)