cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
very interesting; of great interest
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
though; notwithstanding; although
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
senility; dotage; decrepitude
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to fight to the bitter end
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
older brother; elder brother
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish