instability; insecurity; crankiness
when it becomes; when it comes to
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
head of the student council; president of the student council
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to subsist; to keep on living
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
homecoming; return to one's home
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)