recalcitrant; insubordinate; lawless; disaffected; malcontent; rebellious
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to turn to delinquency; to turn to crime (of a child)
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
to fan; to incite; to instigate
air conditioning; air cooling
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
head of family; head house; sōke; founder (of a style, etc.); originator
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
to become attached; to begin to love
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
along the road; along the way
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
matcha; powdered green tea
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit