value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to get help; to enlist aid
to manage (to do successfully); to get through
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
in the capital; in Tokyo; Western Tokyo; areas of Tokyo outside the 23 wards, esp. the Tama area
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
a little more than; a little over; upwards of; (arch.) excess; (arch.) surplus; (arch.) remainder
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
construction; establishment
subscription (e.g. to a magazine)
jobs available section (e.g. in a newspaper)
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
lately; recently; these days
proneness to being ill; being sick a lot; proneness to disease
to be bound (by feelings); to be fettered (by); to be overcome (by); to be moved (by); to be touched (by)
change of job; change of occupation; career change
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities
young motorcycle-riding delinquents; bōsōzoku
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
within the family; in the home; domestic
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
rattan chair; cane chair; wicker chair
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising