a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
to subsist; to keep on living
choosing between two things; two choices
unbroken; uninterrupted; on and on; continuous
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to squash; to crush; to flatten
fellow sufferers pity each other
stern; grave; solemn; sobersided
integrity; moral courage; rigidity
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
single word; a few words; brief comment
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
resignation; seventy years of age
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
descendant; scion; lineage
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
(starting) from nothing; from scratch