former (incumbent); predecessor
estate sale; estate liquidation
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
periodic; regular; routine
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
sympathy; compassion; pity
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
divorce; dissolution of adoption
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
assertion; declaration; affirmation
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
beyond that point; after that
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
depository; storage area; storage location; storage site
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays