scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to laugh scornfully; to sneer at
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
in that manner; like that
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
blood relationship; blood relative
to begin some form of lifestyle
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
sudden impulse; passing fancy
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
overanxiety; needless worry
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
handrail; railing; banister
on the occasion of; at the time of
environment; circumstance
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
silver powder; white sand
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
annex (of a library, museum, etc.)
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
year in, year out; always; 24-7