abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
reflective; introspective
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
until now; so far; up to the present
face; looks; vestiges; trace
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
person asking for advice; inquirer; consulter; consultor; counselee; querent (in tarot, astrology, etc.)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
boundless; infinite; vast
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off
to mix together; to blend; to compound
illegitimate child; secret love child
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
selection committee member; member of a screening committee
most part; greater part; majority
post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense