it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
being good-for-nothing; useless person
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
calm; composed; leisurely
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
posture; position; pose; attitude
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
on bad terms; at loggerheads
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to peel (off); to come off
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
secret; private; surreptitious
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
still better; even better
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials