penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
smallish; on the small side
capacity; volume; capacitance
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
manners; courtesy; etiquette
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
comfort when sleeping; feel (of a bed, futon, etc.)
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
survivor's guilt; survivor guilt
remarkable; striking; obvious
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
infant; baby; little child
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
street at night; making a night journey
degenerate; pervert; deviant
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
schoolyard; school playground; school grounds; campus
Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
school building; schoolhouse
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
current student; enrolled student
contrived; false-sounding
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
person in line (for ...); person expected to ...
night view; night skyline; nightscape