connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
like father, like son; (lit.) you can't fight blood
father and mother; parents
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
rubbing one's hands together
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
to say; to be called; to do
euphoric; happy; buoyant; bouncy
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
(your, his, her) daughter
with a start; with a jump
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
physical condition; state of health
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
(clenched) fist; knuckles
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
frame; framework; outline
fraud; trickery; hoax; surely; absolutely; certainly
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly