engraver; carver; sculptor
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
young and energetic; up-and-coming
author; writer; novelist; artist
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
Chris; Kris; Kriss; Kurisu
of course; certainly; naturally
materials; data; document
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to be absorbed in reading
to collect; to assemble; to gather
technical book; specialized book; treatise
results; record; grades; marks
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
difficult to ...; hard to ...
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
changing one's (public) persona; changing one's (public) image
generation; the world; the age
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis