pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
in public; in company; in the presence of others
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to talk; to chat; to chatter
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
this (very thing); this precisely
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
the hiragana character "ku"; chevron-shaped; dogleg-shaped
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness