Vocabulary

special discount

pseudo-positive

vehicle height

user's manual; handling instructions

state of progress

kids' room

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

... is the reason; ... is my excuse

from the fact that ...

from the fact that ...

granted that; even if; even though

travel expenses

if I (we, etc.) could

climbing expedition; mountaineering party

to lose consciousness

it may be because

hot spring area; hot spring district

transitional tide between spring and neap tides

half tide (e.g. midway between spring and neap tides)

bedridden; confined to bed

having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...

reconstituted skim milk

deafness; the deaf

blindness; the blind

pull; patronage; influence

type of commission system in the book industry in Japan

to fly; to race away; to shoot off

most; much; greatly

several steps

rapid progress; minute-by-minute progress

Euro-yen bond

plunger (for unblocking sinks, toilets, etc.)

dicing (e.g. cutting up of a microchip wafer)

fresh-frozen (e.g. fish); quickly frozen

tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale

Flemish (language)

Fleming; Flemish person

to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)

it is very warm

can't help worrying; besides myself with worry