hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
clearly; distinctly; vividly
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
since when; from when; how long
graduate recruitment; employment of new graduates
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
practicality; utility; usefulness
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
humanities; liberal arts; social science; literary course; department of literature
same kind; accomplices; companions
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
cardboard box for mandarin oranges
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
digitization; digitalization
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)