head; chief; boss; leader
virile; tough; masculine; intense
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
soldier; combatant; warrior
honorific/polite/humble prefix
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
parent-child relationship
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
disinheritance; disowning
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
safety; welfare; well-being
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
to prostrate oneself before
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
whispering into a person's ear
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille