to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
decorative paper envelope for giving New Year's gifts (usu. money given to children) and congratulatory gifts
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
amount of money; sum of money
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be wide-awake; to be wakeful; to be unable to sleep
to go ahead; to pull ahead
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to stop walking; to pause
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy
waste of time; killing time
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
boy; son; baby boy; young man
the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
since then; from that time; ever since
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least