thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
to be indebted; to be under an obligation
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
casual speech; peer language; informal language
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
point in common; common feature
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
freely; readily; cheerfully; without any sense of hesitation; without reserve; without treating it as a big deal
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
no, not like that (but like this)
rival; competitor; competition
to be elegant; to be graceful; to be refined
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
traditional; customary; conventional
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
unsparing; without stinting; painstakingly; tirelessly
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake