practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to rise up; to initiate (political) action
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
don't worry about it; it's nothing; don't give it a thought
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
arrest; apprehension; capture
binding tightly; tight binding; (sexual) bondage
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
history of Japan; Japanese history
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear