giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
headquarters; head office; main office
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
kitchen; financial situation
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
difficult to ...; hard to ...
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
surname; family name; last name
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
narrow margin; slim margin
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
well-bred; of good upbringing
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
likability; favorability; popularity
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
father; dad; husband; you; he
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
future (usually near); prospects
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible