along (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.); alongside; following
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
to take away; to carry away
to set (sun); to become dark
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
in person; personally; directly
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
to carry; to bring (to a place)
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
true character; true heart; true spirit
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
power of the state; government authority
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to