to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
senior high school; high school
vocational school; technical school
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
tedious; boring; being fed up with
advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
at that time; in those days
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
(someone else's) parents; both parents
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
living together; coexistence
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
sincere; earnest; serious
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
self-torturing; masochistic