mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to breathe while sleeping
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
proper; right; reasonable
diligent; hard-working; industrious
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
state of the war; war situation
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
it hasn't been long since
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
ha ha ha; hee hee hee; chuckling
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
review (of learned material); revision
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
not understanding; not knowing
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
one end; an end; part; fragment
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
though one didn't intend (expect) to
person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all
private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player