chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
support; backing; patronage
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
and what is worse; to make matters worse
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
unfairness; injustice; partiality
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
since one was born; (in) all one's life
person who avoids others; social outcast
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
every month; each month; monthly
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to try all possible means
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
since then; from that time; ever since
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
infancy; childhood; tender age
to grow up; to become an adult
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task