to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
to wipe off; to wipe out; to expunge
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
gooily; with a squeeze; squishily; with a squish
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; pervert; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
crying face; face of a person who is crying
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
individual; private person; personal; natural person
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
job; work; duties; trade; skill
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to subsist; to keep on living
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
this world; this life; world of the living
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
ringing; throbbing violently