payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
cannot contain one's anger; can't contain myself; staying angry
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through; food offered to attendants of a funeral
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
severe; strict; tough; hard
set of tools (implements); kit; outfit
squared timber; rectangular lumber
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
to publish a book; to put out a book
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
beginning; opening; start; outset
turning point; tipping point; commutation point
atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
big man; large man; tall man; giant
to be frank; to drop all pretense
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb