being very busy; busyness
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
senior; elder; person older than oneself
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
to throw into; to dump in together
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
priority; order of precedence
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
moment to quit; way to quit
adverse circumstances; adversity
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
reception room; parlor; parlour
long; drawn-out; very long
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
trend of the times; way things are going
shōchū highball; cocktail of shōchū with tonic water