to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
eardrum; tympanic membrane
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
answering machine; answerphone
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
money in one's possession
bank; banking institution
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
flight; desertion; escape
running as fast as one can
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
moment by moment; hour by hour
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
going to and fro; back and forth
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after