company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
one's family (home) background (environment)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
environment; circumstance
remarkable; striking; obvious
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
sympathy; compassion; pity
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
outsider; someone outside of a group
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to raise one's voice; to shout
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
certainly; surely; definitely
to be helpful; to be useful
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to read the situation; to sense the mood
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to be needed; to be wanted
it's no joke; gimme a break!