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since some time ago; for quite a while; already

3

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

1

to be spared from being fired; to avoid getting the chop

1

mental disorder; mental disease

1

having a medical examination; seeing a doctor

1

mental illness; psychosis

1

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1

high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education

1

hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money); life's struggles

1

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

1

highly educated person; academic; scholar

1

filling (up); replenishing; filling in (a tooth); loading (a gun with ammunition, a camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging

1

persecution complex; delusion of persecution; paranoia

1

person (esp. social outcast) who has nothing left to lose; (lit.) invincible person

3

sensational crime that becomes a media event; (lit.) theatrical crime

1

modern; up-to-date

2

person unfit for society; misfit

1

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

1

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

accomplice; conspirator; cohort

1

to agree

2

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

19

Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)

1

sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style

1

bachelor; single male

1

part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite

1

soul; soul music

1

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

1

one year ago

1

organized crime syndicate; criminal group; (lit.) antisocial group

1

intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia

1

South Korea; Republic of Korea; Korean Empire (1897-1910)

1

to polish one's skills

1

to collect evidence

1

occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream

1

land of the gods; Japan

37

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

1

recalcitrant; insubordinate; lawless; disaffected; malcontent; rebellious

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

1

early stage

1

gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence

1

blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless

1

sufficiency

1

cross-check

1

to resemble closely

2

complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet

1

to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening

1

monster

1

lead (Pb)

1