to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
encouragement; urging; spurring on
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
surname; family name; last name
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
descendant; progeny; offspring
old woman; joker (in old maid)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
feeling of a house or a room
secret; private; surreptitious
insight; power of observation
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
little by little; bit by bit
distant look; faraway look