coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
such; like that; that sort of
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
one's post; place of work; workplace
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
in that way; like that; that way
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to straighten up; to sit upright
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life