wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
that's the way it is; such is life
indicate reason; infers some protest
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
abusive language; violent language; wild words
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
(in) her way; peculiar to her
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
guess; speculation; supposition
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to be exhausted; to be tired out
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
(not so) much; (not) very
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
innermost depths of one's heart
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
transfer student; student changing schools
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
bedside; near one's pillow
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to listen again; to ask again
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully