Spartan; spartan; harsh; rigid; severe; strict
unlicensed gambling establishment
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
racing form; racing (news)paper
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
business conditions; trade conditions; financial situation
scientific crime detection; forensic investigation
to be talked about behind one's back
taking a junior high-school entrance examination
property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)
master thief; notorious robber
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
cram school; private tutoring school
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
penal servitude; serving time in prison; military service; forced labor; compulsory service
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
jumping to a hasty conclusion
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
waterproofing; making watertight
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny