soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
health preservation; recuperation; recreation
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
senior high school; high school
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
law department; law school
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
(licensed) red light district
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
bulky (e.g. clothing); ungainly; heavy; poorly hit (e.g. grounder); weak
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
arsenal; arms and ammunition factory
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to be silent; to say nothing
sympathy; compassion; pity
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle