lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
to smoke a cigarette; to smoke
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
wrist cutting; slashing one's wrists
wrist cutting; slashing one's wrists
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
alone; by oneself; on one's own
thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
to speak; to hear a voice
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress