focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
you'll pay for this!; you'd better keep your mouth shut!; you won't get away with this!
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
to emphasize; to attach importance to
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
distribution (of information, news, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming (over the Internet)
push; pushing (someone to do something); pressuring; pushing (an update, content, etc.); push (stack operation)
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to withdraw into oneself; to shut oneself away; to seclude oneself
but; however; although; though
sublime; noble; high-minded
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
adviser; advisor; consultant; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher); school club manager