children's shelter; shelter for abused and neglected children
(the crime of) kidnapping (kidnaping)
may (it) be so; please let (it) happen
law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
(written) application; application form
child consultation center; children's welfare center
closely-guarded secret; top secret
oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice; threesome including a mother and her daughter
night watch; night guard; night shift
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
message; informative matter
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
cookware; cooking utensil
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to think too much; to be over-concerned