to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
in the same manner as before; the same as always
online shopping; net shopping
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to throw into; to toss into
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
settlement; conclusion; summary
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
answering machine; answerphone
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now