crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
journal; magazine; periodical
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
personality; character; individuality; personhood
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
illustration (e.g. book); picture
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
study of foreign languages; linguistics
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
how; in what way; how about
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
very careful; thoroughly prepared
as (for); for; in the capacity of
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
vain person; ostentatious person; show-off
distant look; faraway look
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
how many years; how long; what year
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to be able to manage somehow or another
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
notice; attention; observation
to live; to reside; to inhabit