to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
biological child; one's own child
in name but not in reality
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
making hollow; making meaningless; deindustrialization; deindustrialisation
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
stifled (laughter); simmering
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
hating; strongly disliking
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
day by day; every day; by the day
daytime; movement of the Sun (across the sky); ray of sun (breaking through the clouds)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
end; close; finish; termination
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
small change; pocket change; coins; small sum of money
home area; home town; local
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print; permit (for passing a barrier checkpoint during the Edo period); pass
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
acquaintance; close friend
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up