troublesome; pain in the butt
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
right side; right-hand side
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
speech; expression; wording; language
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to be discouraged; to shrink from
inquisitive (e.g. look); questioning; quizzical; interrogative
to turn towards; to point
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
living together (with one more person)
to be needed; to be wanted
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
surname; family name; last name
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
explanation; interpretation