to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
while; during; while; although; all; both
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
long time; long interval; for quite some time
bank; banking institution
automatic teller machine; ATM; asynchronous transfer mode; ATM; anti-tank missile; ATM
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to have a talk; to tell a story
so; like this; in this way
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to live; to make a living; to get on with
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
finding fault (with); being picky
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of