daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
independence; self-reliance
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
hey there; I say; see here
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
speech; expression; wording; language
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
superior; superiors; senior
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to talk (a person) down; to confute
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
forcibly; against one's will
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
x (mark); cross; MDMA; ecstasy; molly
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like