to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to be found; to be discovered
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
cram school; private tutoring school
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
using as an intermediary; through
death from disease; death from illness
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to talk; to chat; to chatter
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to lead someone around by the nose
(leading) someone by the nose
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
world; society; people; the public
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
although I say; although one might say; although called