railroad; railway; rail transport
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
speaking tube; voice pipe
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
general mobilization; full mobilization
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
presumption; assumption; estimation
time required; time taken; necessary time
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be main; to be principal; to be important
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
all; entire; whole; altogether
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
evil spirit (that possesses someone); demon; devil
to make merry; to be festive
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
cheap lodging (especially in a skid row area or slum); flophouse
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
close to the wall; alongside the wall
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
to triumph; to be elated with success
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
reason; grounds; circumstances