dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
wrong; different; not like that
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
magical particles (permeating the world in fantasy); magicules; ether; mana; magical energy
solidification; congelation; coagulation; condensation
to come into being; to be born
ancestor; forefather; foremother
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to live; to make a living; to get on with
indigenous people; aborigines; indigenes
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to attack all in a bunch; to attack all at once
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
pupil; student; schoolchild