something that detracts from perfection: a fault, a flaw, a defect / a disadvantage, a drawback / a failing grade

to endeavor, to make an effort

an effort, an endeavor

correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification

to redress, to correct, to rectify / to reform

oneself / first-person pronoun: I, me (often shows the speaker's lower position in a hierarchy than the addressee) / (Kansai) you

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

myself, oneself