to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
largest ever; biggest; record
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
act of mercy; helping another person
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
living; lifestyle; living room
to happen to hear; to overhear
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
just failed (by a small margin); not quite acceptable; just a bit too late
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
(political) power; authority; influence
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
patient's condition; pathology
to get thin; to taper off
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce