settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
and; thereupon; because of that
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
first offence; first offense; first offender
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
curfew; lockdown; grounding
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
back country; remote countryside
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
living together; communal life; cohabitation
rehabilitation facilities; halfway house
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
that's the way it is; such is life
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner