moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to quit one's job; to resign
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
drunken driving; driving while intoxicated; drinking and driving
self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
second marriage; remarriage
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
rebellious phase; rebellious age
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
senior high school; high school
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
company; corporation; workplace
finding employment; getting a job
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
such ... as; or some such
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to be too numerous; to be too much
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
letter; missive; note; mail
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to speak through the nose; to nasalize
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)