to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
family-centered sitcom; TV drama of family life; soap opera
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
late summer heat; lingering summer heat
fast (asleep); snoring or grumbling sound
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
to wet oneself; to be miserly; to be stingy
fast asleep; bombed; crashed
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
ordinary train; slow train
high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
every station; local train; train that stops at every station
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
blank column; blank space
the whole day; all the day
to sit upright; to sit up straight; to take a defiant attitude; to become aggressive; to take the offensive
composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
setting off (on a trip); departure
one's mood while traveling (travelling)
individual differences; personal equation
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
bicycle shop; bicycle dealer
edge of the eaves; house frontage
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
(actor) relying on acting skills (rather than good looks, etc.)