pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
waste matter; waste; garbage; trash
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
a step; short distance; short time
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to detain; to check; to restrain
the way back; the way home; return trip
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
leader; central personage
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
having said that; on the other hand
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
long ago; previous; of a former age
1,000,000; one million; million; many
night view; night skyline; nightscape
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
leaving (a facility, clinic, office, research institute, etc.); retiring
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
to throw into; to toss into
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it