one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
serious; severe; grave; acute
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
shameless; shameless person
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
source of worry; source of distress
stock-farming; livestock farming; cattle breeding
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
manager; administrator; landlord; root (user)
going feral (of a species); reverting to wild; escape
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
wild species (as opposed to domesticated species)
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)