reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
to lose a closely fought contest
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
greedy; avaricious; covetous
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to become desperate; to give way to despair
stupid brat; son of a bitch
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
to overcome (a difficulty)
tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality
crushing evil and spreading the truth
archery; mapping; map; morphism
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
to step forward; to take a step forward
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial
second generation; second; junior
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
personification; anthropomorphization
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer