another family; another house
interference; meddling; butting in
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
like this; this sort; this way
failure; mistake; blunder
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
one by one; one after another; successively
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
to make an appeal; to urge
otherwise; or else; if not
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up