confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
to roll about; to writhe about
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
endless; boundless; everlasting
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
grandfather; male senior-citizen
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
older sister and younger brother
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to cause a person trouble
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)