to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
destination; place one stays during a trip
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
highbrow; high-toned; transcendent; transcendental
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
looks; personal appearance; features
restlessly; fussily; anxiously; to be cramped; to be claustrophobic
manly; masculine; like a man
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
other side; opposite side; other party
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
pre-existing; already there; conventional
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part