grudge; complaint; reproach
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
excessive meddling (esp. by parents); excessive interference
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
having no effect; waste of effort
not worth doing; waste of effort
train of dress; trailing skirt; woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
question; question (mark)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
shallow cunning; shallow cleverness
rubbing one's hands together
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
kinky hair; frizzy hair; unruly hair; curly hair
lower class peasant; peasant working for a land-owning farmer
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
10,000,000,000; ten billion
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
company that treats its employees well; company supporting a good work-life balance