to make a bad situation even more difficult or unpleasant
悪い状況をさらに困難または不快にする (warui jokyo o sara ni konnan mata wa fukai ni suru)
"I was already late, and to make matters worse, I couldn't find my keys."
"すでに遅れていたのに、さらに悪いことに鍵が見つからなかった。" (sudeni okureteita noni sara ni warui koto ni kagi ga mitsukaranakatta)
to be sensible and intelligent
to absorb or receive information quickly
to stop being responsible for something
to suffer because of one’s own mistake
to always be ready to help or obey someone
to gradually stop using or providing something