working adult; full-fledged member of society
go that far; to that extent
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
in that way; like that; that way
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
sympathy; compassion; pity
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to become desperate; to give in to despair
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
it's been a long time; long time no see
had better ...; had better not ...
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
forty-ninth day after a person's death
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
(showing) no reaction; non-reaction; straight face
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity