to aggravate (a situation); to complicate matters; to stir things up; to roughen (waves, voice, feelings, etc.); to agitate
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to apologize sincerely; to apologise sincerely
getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp
tackling (to the ground); tackle (in rugby, hockey, etc.); tackle (position in American football); fishing tackle
causing a stir; causing a commotion; making a fuss; troublemaker; person who causes a stir
restoration; repair; mending
excluding the case when; when not
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
highly unpredictable; touch and go
practice test; practice exam; mock exam
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
single-mother household; fatherless family
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
hospitalization; hospitalisation
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
sickroom; hospital room; ward
department store; department
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to be enchanted; to be charmed