being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
both; both sides; both parties
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
boy; son; baby boy; young man
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp