gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
subsequently; next; after ...; following ...; in the wake of ...
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
university graduate; having graduated from university
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
in good health; alive and well; going strong
one day; (on) a certain day
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
payment of debts; repayment
chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business
regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
senior high school student
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
studying for a test (esp. school or university entrance examinations)
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of