hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
passivity; negativity; halfheartedness
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to increase; to add to; to augment
believable; credible; trustworthy
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged
to spend time (on doing something)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
disorder; disturbance; unrest
region; limits; stage; level
to boost; to force up; to push up
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
electronic toll collection card; ETC card
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
(short) rest; breather; break
personal grudge; personal enmity
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)