to subsist; to keep on living
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
all; entire; whole; altogether
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
by all means; by all costs
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
man; male; masculine gender
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable