personal; individual; private
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
recognizing again; reacknowledging; recognition
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
losing move (go, shogi); move that costs one the game
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
consequently; as a result
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
within; inside of; less than
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
nape (of the neck); nucha
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
retention; maintenance; preservation
molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)