growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
in search of; in order to look for
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
trouble; bother; annoyance
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
study; diligence; discount; reduction
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
evening meal; dinner; supper
so; like this; in this way
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
Okayama (city, prefecture)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
something like ...; something called ...
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she