to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
how others look at you; what others think about you
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
living by oneself; living alone
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
indicate reason; infers some protest
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
if you think about it; come to think of it
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to break the silence; to break one's silence
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
determination; resolution
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
lately; recently; nowadays
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person