to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
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
even if; even though; wow
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to some extent; to a certain extent
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
man; male; masculine gender
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
woman; female; feminine gender
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
one thin flat object; one sheet
to be found; to be discovered
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
three; three years of age
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
in that manner; like that
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
unfairness; injustice; partiality
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
official copy of the family register
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly