boy; son; baby boy; young man
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
young person; inexperienced person; novice
to lose face; to be disgraced
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
if so; in that case; in that situation
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to communicate; to commune
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
to detain; to check; to restrain
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex