hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration (card game involving turning over face-down cards to find identical pairs)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
debt collection; debt collector
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
madness; craziness; insanity
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
overnight stay when traveling (travelling); sleeping on grass in an open field
early (days); initial stage; initial
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
in succession; one by one
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
common poppy (Papaver rhoeas); corn poppy; field poppy; red poppy
serialization; serialisation; serial story
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
first term; first half-year; preceding period; early period