life; living; I; me; student
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to shake; to sway; to waver
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
selfish; self-seeking; self-interested; mean
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
some people; a few people; several people
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
commerce; trade; business
senior high school; high school
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink