to stop talking; to break off; to pause
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
to be able to manage somehow or another
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to extort (money); to blackmail
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
salty sea breeze; salt wind
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
senior high school; high school
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable