wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
hallway slippers; indoor shoes
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
to be infected; to be contagious
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
clearly; distinctly; vividly
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to comfort; to console; to amuse
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to have an eye on; to zero in on
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
(period of) a year; during an era
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)