series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
consolation party (held after failure or defeat)
attendance; presence; appearance
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
for the first time in one's life
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
being adopted into the family of one's bride
Okayama (city, prefecture)
now that; since; so long as; because
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
after that; afterwards; thereafter
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)