nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
rich person; wealthy person
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
store; reserve; stock; savings
being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
very small; tiny; insignificant
belief; faith; conviction
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
with a start; with a jump
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
several years; a few years
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
to straighten up; to sit upright
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler