to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
job hunting; job searching
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
beginning; outset; first; onset
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
employment; starting work
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to