towering; astonishingly high
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to be found; to be discovered
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
multi-level marketing; MLM; network marketing; pyramid selling
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
relatively; comparatively
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
stay of execution; suspended sentence
fund-raising; fund collecting
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
immediately; at once; instantly
hospitalization; hospitalisation
orphan; person without friends
to care for someone; to look after someone
to make use of; to lend money
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
letting (someone) die without helping
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
preparation; arrangements
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
releasing on parole; conditional release