sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to care for someone; to look after someone
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
nightlife districts; drinking districts
to understand; to make out
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
pensive; meditative; wistful
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
stereotyped; patterned; typical
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
remarkable; striking; obvious
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
difference; disparity; gap
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding