to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
one way or the other; either way
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
everyday life; daily life
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
electricity; (electric) light
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
something like ...; something called ...
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
to chase; to run after; to pursue
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!