ultimate; final; last; eventual
self-actualization; self-fulfillment; self-realization
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to subsist; to keep on living
sublime; noble; high-minded
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
battlefield; battleground
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to live; to reside; to inhabit
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
reason; cause; circumstances
pure and innocent; immaculate
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to understand (each other); to comprehend
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness