stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
this and that; one thing or another
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
to have a relationship; to have relations
natural; reasonable; understandable
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
strike (i.e. industrial action)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to return a favor (favour); to repay
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
and; thereupon; because of that
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
don't you think?; indicates question
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
such ... as; or some such