household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
needy circumstances; living in poverty
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
one's (living) environment
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
to change hands; to be succeeded
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
because; the reason why is
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like father, like son
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
patriot devoted to the salvation of his country
to revere; to respect; to worship
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
natural virtue; personal virtue
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
idealistic thought (argument)
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front