the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
club activities; extracurricular activities
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
carnivore; carnivorous animal
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
knowledge; information; opinion; view
awareness; realization; noticing
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
then; and (then); in that case; if so
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
to be helpful; to be useful
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive