family-oriented; familial
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
euphoric mood; exuberant mood
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
phantom; vision; illusion
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
useless employees (shunted off by a window to pass their remaining time until retirement)
when; how soon; how long until
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
income; receipts; revenue
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
depravity; corruption; degradation
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
growing (graph rising to the right); expanding; soaring
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
romantic TV series; romance TV show
separation; farewell; parting
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
greatest mistake of one's life
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
talking while standing; standing around talking
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
tingling; stinging; pungently
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
one's fate (fortune) as concerns love
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp