finding employment; getting a job
heart attack; to have a heart attack
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
wide difference; a world of difference
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
head; brains; intelligence
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
author; writer; novelist; artist
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
intellectually disabled person; mentally disabled person
in search of; in order to look for
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
trio; gang of three; threesome
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
disabled person; handicapped person; person with a (physical or mental) disability
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
the last moment; the very end
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
hey there; I say; see here
(the crime of) aiding and abetting a suicide
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment