thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
repentance; confession; penitence
strong-willed; strong of heart
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
self-torturing; masochistic
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
long ago; already; a long time ago
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
refutation; rebuttal; retort
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
to become desperate; to give way to despair
wherein; therein; thereinto
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
drama; play; powerful drug
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
mineral matter; metallic property
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to arrive; to come to pass
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
whole face; all over one's face
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild