to be in control of your own activities or business
自分の活動や事業を管理すること (jibun no katsudou ya jigyou o kanri suru koto)
"After years of working for others, he wanted to run his own show."
"他人のために何年も働いた後、彼は自分の事業を経営したかった。" (tanin no tame ni nannen mo hataraita ato, kare wa jibun no jigyou o keiei shitakatta)
to make someone take responsibility for their actions
to speak in a way that is too complicated for someone to und...
to accept something unpleasant and continue
to pay a very high price for something
feeling depressed or unhappy
a harmless or small lie told to avoid hurting someone
