achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
capital; funds; seed money; asset
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
failure; mistake; blunder
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
vicious circle; vicious cycle
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
this is why; this means; it is the case that
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
cruelty; hard-heartedness
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to paint (draw) a picture
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
in succession; one by one
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
talk; conversation; dialogue
at that time; in those days
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
forcibly; against one's will
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)