to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
change in appearance; transformation
father and mother; parents
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
elementary and middle schools
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
continuing one's education into high school
changing one's image and becoming more social and extroverted upon entering high school
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
secondary sex characteristic
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
to refuse; to reject; to deny
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
love for (one's) family; family love; familial love
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
person of common sense; common sense man
popular person; favorite; favourite
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
one after another; in rapid succession