painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
sincere; honest; faithful
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
number of times; frequency; count
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)
falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
two-family house; house for a two-generation family
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
looking or acting as if one owned the place
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
health management; health maintenance; health care
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)