striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
early marriage; marrying young
child born within a year of another; children born in consecutive years
older brother and younger sister
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to need; to call for; to require
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to go past; to pass; to pass by
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream