in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
government worker; public servant; civil servant
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
same trade; same business; same profession
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
young man who has a feminine aesthetic
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
hostile relations; hostile relationship
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
force (bulldoze) one's way through
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to put someone to work; to make someone work
than; other than; except; but
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
range; stove; cooker; microwave oven
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)