break; pause; interruption; intermission
to make amends; to compensate for; to make up for
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
ahead; before; the future
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
to do earnestly; to get serious
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
company; corporation; workplace
sidewalk café; footpath café
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
decently; gracefully; plausibly; politely; tactfully; discreetly
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to say; to be pleased to say
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
leader; magnate; big head
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
negative emotions; negative feelings
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
to drink up; to drain (cup)
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing