flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
genius; prodigy; natural gift
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to come back; to bloom a second time
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
strike (i.e. industrial action)
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
sterilization; sterilisation
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
incremental difference (e.g. between files); "diff"; difference; subtraction; (finite) differences
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
(stare or glare with) scornful eyes; reproachful eyes; disgusted eyes
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation