meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
total sales; total proceeds
necessary condition; requirement
presumption; assumption; estimation
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
WordStar; word processor popular during the 1980s
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
change of occupation; career change
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
only; merely; but; no more than