(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
instability; insecurity; crankiness
matter causing distress; something causing worry
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
that's the way it is; such is life
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
redial; redialing; redialling
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
and then; and so; and; so then
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
address book; list of addresses; mailing list