harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
around the clock; day and night
neighbourhood; neighborhood
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
consideration; taking into account
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
person concerned; interested party; related party
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
price of fame; penalty of greatness
stop bullshitting me; you're fucking kidding me; you're full of shit
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
living room (Japanese-style)
serious; severe; grave; acute
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
family; relatives; dependents; household
mass communication; mass media
all companies; each company
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
marital relationship; marital relations
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to prowl after; to keep watch on
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to beat to death; to kill
calming down; quieting down
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
(brother and sister) born of a different mother
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for