contrary to one's expectations
 in spite of;  regardless of
 to give up;  to abandon (hope, plans);  to resign oneself (to)
 oneself;  oneself;  for oneself;  personally
 hit;  success;  guess;  prediction;  affability;  friendliness;  sensation
 myself;  yourself;  I;  me;  you
 to be certain of;  to have faith in;  to believe completely;  to trust (someone completely)
 to differ (from);  to vary;  to not be in the usual condition;  to not match the correct (answer, etc.);  to be different from promised;  isn't it?
 shock (psychological);  crisis (esp. financial);  event that rattles the markets;  shock (physical, mechanical);  shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow);  trauma
 decline;  downturn;  drop;  (mental) depression;  low spirits
 to take back;  to regain;  to get back;  to recover
 things like;  something like;  someone like;  such a thing as;  (the fact) that;  to think that
 to forget something ever existed;  to pretend something didn't happen;  to put something behind one;  to forgive (something)
 to lose;  to be defeated;  to succumb;  to give in;  to be inferior to;  to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
 two times;  twice;  two degrees
 Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
 now;  soon;  already;  yet;  further;  more
 entirely useless;  completely worthless;  no no;  don't!
 too;  also;  still;  as before;  even so;  either way
 Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
 a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
 well;  properly;  best regards;  please remember me;  just like ...;  as though one were ...
 it is I who should say so
 to help;  to assist;  to aid;  to contribute to;  to be a factor in
 head of year;  teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year
 act of God;  irresistible force;  inevitability;  force majeure;  vis major
 innocence;  being not guilty
 situation;  (present) state of affairs;  circumstances
 so;  therefore;  accordingly;  consequently;  on those grounds;  that is why
 rest;  break;  recess;  intermission
 tea (usu. green);  tea break (at work);  tea ceremony
 to put in;  to let in;  to admit;  to accept;  to accept;  to comply;  to include
 just;  right;  pure;  genuine;  truth
 plain;  field;  hidden (structural) member;  wild;  lacking a political post
 Japanese laurel;  spotted laurel;  Aucuba japonica;  live tree
 thank you for your hard work;  good work;  see you;  goodbye;  goodnight
 please;  kindly;  by all means;  certainly;  here you are;  to give
 irony;  sarcasm;  unexpected;  different from what one expected;  (only) surface;  something superficial