heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
impression given by a painting or image
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
supporting each other after suffering similar hardships; (lit.) licking each other's wounds
number of times; frequency; count
established fact; fait accompli
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
nonburnable garbage; nonflammables
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
office romance; workplace romance; love affair with colleague
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to cease; to stop; to be over
Nagano (city, prefecture)
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); frankly; open-heartedly
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end; ghosting; unexplained and sudden ending of all communication and contact with another person
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
just the other day; quite recently
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response