Vocabulary: 北海道物语
- (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
- (idiom) to spare no effort; to do one's utmost
- lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's career
- (idiom) situated high; aloft; (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote; situated above the masses and out of touch with reality
- to win; to gain
- to adore; to admire greatly
- to try hard to; to strive to
- charm; loveliness (of a woman)
- vulgar; tacky; tawdry
- (literary) to meet sb by chance; to run into sb
- according with one's wish or expectation
- distant; by far
- can't compare with
- to accompany sb; to accompany each other
- fully content with one's achievements (idiom); complacent
- content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
- matter; item
- to ask for instructions
- to work with one's brains; to rack one's brains; to worry
- to spend effort; to take trouble; May I trouble you to...? (as part of polite request); Please would you mind...?
- to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit
- with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame; nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
- 遇 Yù: 遇 Yu4: surname Yu遇 yù: 遇 yu4: (bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receive
- only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
- minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant
- to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation
- to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- see 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5]
- illustrious; celebrated
- 凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: mournful; miserable凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: desolate (place)
- to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- happiness; happy; blessed
- one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish
- to give up; to abandon; to abort
- the mundane world; the world of mortals
- to strive; to struggle
- to bear hardships
- 受累 shòu lěi: 受累 shou4 lei3: to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account)受累 shòu lèi: 受累 shou4 lei4: to be put to a lot of trouble
- to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
- suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)