embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
and yet; though; when; in spite of
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
in the meanwhile; during the time
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to smile broadly; to grin widely
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show