miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
medical representative; pharmaceutical sales representative; mixed reality; MR; marketing research; mitral regurgitation
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
(electric) circuit; (racing) circuit; race track; circuit (of events or venues)
coming and going; going back and forth (between); commuting (to work, school, etc.); attending regularly; passbook; bankbook
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
road over a mountain pass
to arrive home; to return
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
home area; home town; local
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to ascend; to go up; to climb
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
thunderous roar; roaring sound
European Community; EC; e-commerce; electronic commerce; emergency contraception; engineering constructor
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
acceleration; speeding up
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency