one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
talk; recital; narration; topic
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
beginning; outset; first; onset
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
tolerance; broad-mindedness
someone; a certain person
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
hard to get; hard to come by
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
just the other day; quite recently
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
danger; peril; hazard; risk
after that; afterwards; thereafter
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary