defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
after that (a substantive change occurred)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
(speaking) bluntly; without reserve; harshly; directly; outspokenly; reproachfully
last week; the week before
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to kidnap; to abduct; to drag (someone to an event or place); to force (someone) to go (to)
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
question and answer session
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
naughty; mischievous; unruly
self-control; self-restraint
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
building up one's body; building up one's muscles; making oneself stronger; bodybuilding
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
one eye; discerning eye; excellent judgement
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
whispering into a person's ear
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
main cause; primary factor
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)