treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
to grow up; to become an adult
forced laugh; forced smile
between the pages of a book; between two books
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
great numbers; numerical superiority
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
pending question; unresolved problem
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)
earthenware; unglazed (bisque-fired) earthenware
throwaway; disposable; single-use
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to palm off; to force a sale
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
different opinion; objection
attaching the familiar suffix "-chan" to somebody's name
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
degenerate; decadent; corrupt