junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to have an eye on; to zero in on
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
to withdraw into oneself; to shut oneself away; to seclude oneself
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
helper; assistant; help; assistance
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
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)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
moment; brief space of time
white horse; unrefined sake
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
fit; attack; spasm; ictus; paroxysm; seizure
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
conceit; vanity; pride; self-importance; egotism
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour