administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to cause to swell; to inflame
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
having said that; on the other hand
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
gambling den; gambling house
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
great victory; big win; huge profit; killing
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
following one's master into the grave; committing suicide after one's lord has died
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
with no effort at all; easily
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to have no chance (of succeeding)
operating ratio; rate of operation; availability factor
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes