I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
expression; presentation; representation; notation
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
practice; practising; training; study
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
(someone else's) child; child; kid
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt
forcibly; against one's will
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
recently; lately; these days
continuation; succession; series
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to lean against; to set against
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
loveable; very likeable; like very much
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely