being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
life in a foreign country; living abroad
to know (someone); to think; to believe
convenient; handy; useful
association of like-minded people
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
one's own style; one's own way (of doing things)
infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to know (someone); to think; to believe
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
of all things (people, places, days, etc.)