self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
health management; health maintenance; health care
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
overlapping; piling; stacking
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
homecoming; returning home
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
first three days of the New Year (January 1-3)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
solitude; loneliness; isolation
frame; framework; outline
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
amusing; funny; interesting
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
unattended (video, audio) recording
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity