to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
one's whole heart; everything one feels
to begin talking; to open up
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
arbitration; intercession; mediation
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
club activities; extracurricular activities
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
carnivore; carnivorous animal
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
expertise; experience; knowledge
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on