to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
(unfolded) thin sheet of paper; 200-character writing paper; paper money; note
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
company president; manager; director
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
spinning (textiles); spun yarn
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to hoist; to lift up; to (crowd around and) rebuke; to (gang up and) criticize; to reproach severely
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
personal bankruptcy; voluntary bankruptcy
property; fortune; assets
mortgage; right of pledge; lien
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
misanthropy; misanthropist
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
person of a different bloodline; person not related by blood; different race; different tribe
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse