inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
final; eventual; ultimate
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
reality; actuality; hard fact
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
moral harassment; workplace mobbing; workplace bullying; psychological harassment at the workplace
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to graduate from a university
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to subsist; to keep on living
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner