thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
work; business; company; study
annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation); nth year (e.g. student); order by year
income; receipts; revenue
instability; insecurity; crankiness
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
change of occupation; career change
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable