(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
woman; female; feminine gender
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
moving; touching; stirring
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
world; society; people; the public
military shoes; combat boots
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
considerably; fairly; quite
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
while; even though; despite
in this way; thus; such; uh...
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
article; news story; report; account