black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
muttering voice; murmuring voice
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
in the hospital; hospitalized
above the knee; on one's lap
ten-year-old; ten year old
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
length and width; length and breadth; every direction; all directions; as one wishes; as one pleases
patterns of thinking; train of thought
alteration; falsification; faking
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
training; education; development; cultivation
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
basket; basketball; basket cloth
good humour (humor); good mood
fruit knife; paring knife
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous