parental love or affection
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
with a click; with a snap
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
identifying a severed head; checking a person's identity
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
hemp; cannabis; marijuana; Shinto paper offerings
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
to drug (someone, food, drink)
around the clock; day and night
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
January; first month of the lunar calendar
instability; insecurity; crankiness
sign; indication; omen; symptom
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-
near; nearby; not far off
empress's residence; empress
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
to use up all one's strength
woman who has given birth
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)