to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
to grow up; to become an adult
distinction; differentiation; classification
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
lately; recently; nowadays
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
present; gift; to give a present or gift
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to frolic about; to mess around
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
Wagyu beef; Japanese beef