painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
equality; impartiality; evenness
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
flash (of light); glint; schiller
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
that is to say; so that means
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
point in question (at issue)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
being in one's room (office, etc.)
immediately; right away; on the spot
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to be moved to the point of tears; to be touched
to complain; to make a complaint
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)