total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
highest grade; superlative degree
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to get drunk; to become tipsy
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
dignity; majesty; sanctity
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)
to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to be born; to come into the world
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to run around; to bustle about
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...