electric car; electric vehicle
gasoline engine; petrol engine
hybrid vehicle (e.g. electric and gasoline)
main road; main thoroughfare
automatic operation (machine); automatic driving (vehicle)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
political measures; policy
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
fine performance; tour de force
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
romantic TV series; romance TV show
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)