proposal; offer; request; application
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
duckweed; rootless person; wanderer
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
name; given name; first name
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
well-bred; of good upbringing
with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to pile up; to accumulate
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
woman; female; feminine gender
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
if it is (the case that ...)
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against