laugh and grow fat; (lit.) good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile
passion; temper; irritability
extreme height; high-rise (i.e. building)
self-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
adversity strengthens the foundations; after a storm comes a calm; what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
to fall for a trick; to be taken in; to play into the hands (of)
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
dear; desired; missed; longed-for; nostalgic
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
bored; having nothing to do; idle
definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
one after another; in rapid succession
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
beyond one's means or position