grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
parliamentarian; member of a congress
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
of great promise; with a promising future
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
the other day; lately; recently
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
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
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
main cause; primary factor
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
cherishing one's children; doting; adoring parent
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout