to make a lasting impression
step; stride; counter for steps
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
to control; to command; to get the better of
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
smallish; on the small side
pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case
thousand years; very long period; forever
to find out; to discover; to locate
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to jump at; to be attracted by
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to rush back; to run back
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)