creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
declaration; proclamation; announcement
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
second marriage; remarriage
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
putting one's affairs in order; ordering one's affairs; tidying up
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
several weeks; a few weeks
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
solitude; loneliness; isolation
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for