terrible (video) game; crappy game; rubbish game
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
graphics; graphic; graphic magazine; pictorial magazine
at that time; in those days
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
in name only; titular; nominal
pressure; oppression; suppression
schedule; program; calendar
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
karōshi; death from overwork
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
insect catching; bug catching
fate; destiny; predestination
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
as you can imagine; as imagined
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
one's post; place of work; workplace
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation