punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
foster father; adoptive father
(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
infuriating; extremely irritating; galling; vexing
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
convenient; expedient; makeshift
black and white; right and wrong
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
even if not; even without
to practice magic; to practise magic
emotional wall; internal barrier
to find someone's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn