bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
woman; lady; adult female
bringing; taking; carrying
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
family-oriented; familial
calm; serene; tranquil; peaceful
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
prejudice; bias; distorted view
very much; exceedingly; extremely
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
deviation; departure; omission
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
(social) class; rank; grade
society; public; community; social studies
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
Berlioz (French composer)