household economy; family finances
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to intervene; to stop (something)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
female help; female labor; woman's handwriting; (arch.) hiragana
(newspaper) carrier; newspaper (delivery) boy (girl); new
late at night; at a late hour
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
everyday life; daily life
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
study; diligence; discount; reduction
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university