valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
special promotion (in rank or grade)
family; members of a family
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
to tighten; to press hard
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
the whole day; all the day
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
itinerary; travel plans; distance (of a trip); journey
to head home; to leave for home
to break the silence; to break one's silence
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
as a child; when one was a child
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
overswelling (of a blood vessel); engorgement; bulging; squaring one's shoulders; flexing one's muscles
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
messenger; envoy; emissary
armed forces; military; troops
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
country of origin; ethnicity
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)