clinic; medical office; infirmary
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
sleeping together in a huddle
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
after a long time; for the first time in a while
trouble; quarrel; dispute
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
to lead someone around by the nose
insertion; incorporation; infixing
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
in that way; like that; that way
makizushi; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
boar meat hot pot; boar stew
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to form a partnership or association; to join together; to grapple with
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
to run around; to bustle about
to become settled; to be fixed
to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege