treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
truancy; absence without leave
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
deputy head teacher; vice principal
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
close; intimate; on good terms
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
bullying (the weak); bully
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
method of bringing up; method of raising
memory; sense; experience
go away; leave; get lost; fuck off; scram
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)