to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
making a strange face; strange face
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
fourth year of elementary school; fourth year elementary school student
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
to raise one's voice; to shout
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated