true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to be downhearted; to look miserable
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
with these words; while saying
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
earnings from a part-time job
convenient; handy; useful
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
instability; insecurity; crankiness
convenience; handiness; usefulness
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
scientific basis; scientific foundation; scientific grounds
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
one's later years; final years (in life)
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
the place for; the time for; the level of
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
contradiction; inconsistency
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
Great Tokyo Air Raid (March 10, 1945)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
transfer; assignment; conveyance
materials; data; document
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family