discipline; training; teaching manners
deep affection; devotion; profound attachment
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
private tutor; coach; governess
handheld game console; portable game console
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
very young; little; childish; immature
caller; visitor; company; guest
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
ramune; type of lemon soda sold in a Codd-neck bottle; compressed tablet candy
eight (long cylindrical things)
with a squish; with a splat
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
private junior high school
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
outsider; someone outside of a group
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
signature-collecting campaign
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
one's house; one's home; one's family
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
scale; scope; plan; structure
to strike dead; to beat to death
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity