frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
show business; entertainment industry; world of entertainment
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
being startled; getting a shock
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
one's heart rate; pulse rate
long time; long interval; for quite some time
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to watch steadily; to stare
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
to subsist; to keep on living
uninhabited island; desert island
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; masculine gender
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
author; writer; novelist; artist
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
honour; honor; glory; privilege
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
number of copies; circulation
business; trade; operations; sales
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)