disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to be given up; to be discontinued
smoothly; easily; readily
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
careless person; thoughtless person
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
hooting; jeering; heckling
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
big-name brand; brand-name goods
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
temporary retirement; suspension from office
maternity leave; paternity leave
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
February; second month of the lunar calendar
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions
death rate; mortality rate
to go into labor; to go into labour
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away